Patent ID: 7032555

Claim:
A cam cover of a motorcycle engine comprising: a main body, the main body comprising an internal cavity, a camshaft support, and a crankshaft support, the camshaft support defining a camshaft axis and the crankshaft support defining a crankshaft axis, the camshaft axis and the crankshaft axis being coplanar such that the camshaft axis and the crankshaft axis define a plane that includes the camshaft axis and the crankshaft axis; a fluid inlet opening that is adapted and configured to allow fluid communication between the internal cavity of the main body and a first region of a fluid environment external to the cam cover; a fluid outlet opening that is adapted and configured to allow fluid communication between the internal cavity of the main body and a second region of the fluid environment external to the cam cover, the fluid outlet opening being positioned in a manner such that the plane is between the fluid inlet opening and the fluid outlet opening; a piece of sheet material positioned within the internal cavity of the main body, the sheet material being engaged with the main body; and a fluid passageway that is configured and adapted to channel fluid from the fluid inlet opening to the fluid outlet opening within the internal cavity of the main body, the fluid passageway being defined partially by a portion of the main body and partially by the piece of sheet material, one of the camshaft axis and the crankshaft axis being positioned between the fluid passageway and the other of the camshaft axis and the crankshaft axis.