Oil pan
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTakashi Asami
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Abstract
To achieve an improved rigidity, the an oil pan (3) for forming a lower end part of an internal combustion engine (1) comprises a bottom wall (6) and a side wall (7) extending from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall includes a pair of first planar surface portions (35) extending in a lateral direction and provided on either end of the bottom wall with respect to a fore and aft direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and a curved surface portion (36) recessed downward with respect to the first planar surface portions.
Claims8
An oil pan for forming a lower end part of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a bottom wall, and a side wall extending from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall,
- wherein the bottom wall includes a pair of first planar surface portions extending in a lateral direction and provided on either end of the bottom wall with respect to a fore and aft direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and a curved surface portion recessed downward with respect to the first planar surface portions,
- wherein the bottom wall includes a shallow bottom wall provided on a first side with respect to the lateral direction, a deep bottom wall provided on a second side with respect to the lateral direction and offset downward from the shallow bottom wall, and a connecting wall provided between the shallow bottom wall and the deep bottom wall and inclined downward from the shallow bottom wall toward the deep bottom wall, the first planar surface portions and the curved surface portion being provided in the shallow bottom wall,
- wherein the shallow bottom wall includes a second planar surface portion provided on a first side of the curved surface portion with respect to the lateral direction, and positioned above a lowermost part of the curved surface portion and below a lowermost part of the first planar surface portions,
- wherein the first planar surface portions and the curved surface portion are connected to the connecting wall, and
- wherein the second planar surface portion is connected to the side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.