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US 2013/0340706 A1Published application
Combustion engine oil pan
AssigneeRENAULT s.a.s.
InventorsGerard Dubos, Vincent Bossavie, Christophe Gaudron
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Abstract
A combustion engine oil pan including a sump capable of containing oil and a sole configured to compliment the sump, able to support, with sealing, the sump and to be fixed to the engine, particularly a bottom or low part of the engine, wherein the join between the sump and the sole extends to form notched cutouts in the sole and in the sump.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
An oilpan for a combustion engine, comprising:
- a sump housing and a sump bottom;
- the sump housing configured to be fixed to the engine and to the sump bottom of the oilpan, and configured to further support vehicle components, the sump housing comprising a lower bearing edge for sealed connection with a complementary bearing edge of the sump bottom,
- wherein the bearing edge for sealed connection comprises at least one wide notch in at least one lateral wall of the sump housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.