ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,859, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY INC. (Milwaukee).
"Transmission breather system" was invented by Samuel Kapellusch (Milwaukee), Christopher Monaco (Milwaukee), Daniel Sepic (Milwaukee), Anthony Coffey (Milwaukee), Peter Chiappetta (Milwaukee), Liam Maslovich (Milwaukee) and Christina Exner (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle with a single transmission breather that is mounted over the transmission case. Crank case gas passes through the breather. Oil separated from the breather drains back to a cavity under the breather. Gases separated in the breather travel through a breathe...