Patent ID: 6510830
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: F01M

Abstract:
A lubricant conditioning system operationally connected to an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine having a cooling system, an engine lubricant sump, and a lubricant filter housing, the lubricant conditioning system, comprising:a) a thermal conditioning subsystem in fluid communication with the internal combustion engine's cooling system; b) a lubricant filtering subsystem adjacently spaced from said thermal conditioning subsystem; c) a lubricant distribution subsystem mounted to the internal combustion engine's lubricant filter housing; d) said lubricant distribution subsystem in fluid communication with the lubricant filtering subsystem; e) a thermally controlled conduit operationally connected to said lubricant distribution subsystem via the internal combustion engine's lubricant sump; f) a thermally controlled outtake manifold mounted within said thermal conditioning subsystem, said thermally controlled outtake manifold in fluid communication with said lubricant filtering subsystem; g) said thermally controlled outtake manifold being thermally conditioned via the internal combustion engine's cooling system; whereby said lubricant filtering subsystem receives lubricant from said lubricant distribution subsystem via said thermally controlled conduit, said thermal conditioning subsystem thermally conditions the received lubricant via said thermally controlled outtake manifold wherein said lubricant distribution subsystem returns the thermally conditioned lubricant to the internal combustion engine.