Two-wheeled vehicle

US9381803B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INDIAN MOTORCYCLE INTERNATIONAL, LLC · US

Inventors

• David A. Galsworthy · Wyoming, US
• Craig M. Beach · Lakeville, US
• Brian J. Hitt · Hartford, US
• Gregory C. Brew · Minnetonka, US
• John S. Lengyel · Perham, US
• Nicholas J. Schafer · Taylors Falls, US
• Jeffrey P. Wolf · Hatboro, US
• Jeffrey D. Oltmans · North Branch, US
• Urs Wenger · Langenthal, CH
• G. Jay McKoskey · Forest Lake, US
• Blaine D. Kaeser · Chisago City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2200/0052
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An engine includes a first cylinder communicating with a first intake port and a first exhaust port, and an exhaust assembly coupled to the engine and including a first exhaust manifold coupled to the first exhaust port. The first exhaust manifold is angled relative to the first exhaust port.