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US 10,760,457 B2Granted
Fast engine oil warm-up type oil pan and engine system thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsByung-Hyun Lee, Hyun-Jun Kim, Jung-Ho Joo, Joon-Ho Park
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Abstract
An oil pan may include a pan body forming a dual chamber including a primary chamber and a secondary chamber, and a mesh. The primary chamber and the secondary chamber each contains a different amount of oil, and the mesh allows a different amount of oil permeation discharged from the secondary chamber to the primary chamber based on temperature of the oil.
Claims17
An oil pan comprising:
- a pan body including a main chamber case configured to form a primary chamber and a sub-chamber case configured to form a secondary chamber, wherein the primary chamber and the secondary chamber are configured to contain a different amount of oil, respectively;
- and
- a mesh configured to differentiate an amount of oil permeation discharged from the secondary chamber to the primary chamber based on temperature of the oil,
- wherein:
- an oil drop hole, an oil exchange hole and a safety hole are formed on the sub-chamber case, and
- the safety hole is pierced on a side surface of the sub-chamber case while the oil drop hole is pierced on an upper surface of the sub-chamber case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.