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US 11,111,830 B2Granted
Internal combustion engine
AssigneeDeutz Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMatthias Kringels
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Abstract
The invention describes an internal combustion engine having at least one crankcase, at least one cylinder head, at least one cylinder head cover, at least one oil separator and at least one oil pan for collecting returning oil as well as having at least one oil return channel that connects the oil separator and the oil pan.
Claims19
An internal combustion engine comprising:
- a crankcase;
- a cylinder head;
- a cylinder head cover;
- an oil separator;
- and
- an oil pan for collecting returning oil as well as having an oil return channel that connects the oil separator and the oil pan, a top end of the oil return channel being slanted at an intersection with a lower end of the oil separator to align the top end of the oil return channel with a surface of the oil in the oil separator when the internal combustion engine is in a slanted position.
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An internal combustion engine comprising:
- a crankcase;
- a cylinder head;
- a cylinder head cover;
- an oil separator;
- and
- an oil pan for collecting returning oil as well as having an oil return channel that connects the oil separator and the oil pan,
- wherein, after the oil return channel enters the cylinder head, the oil return channel runs at a slant outwards into a cylinder head screw and around the cylinder head screw.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.