Blow-by gas inlet structure of oil separator for internal combustion engine
AssigneeMahle Filter Systems Japan Corporation
InventorsKeigo HAYASHI, Atsushi NONAKA
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Abstract
A blow-by gas inlet structure of an oil separator adapted to be placed above a cam chamber of an internal combustion engine, comprises a plate that forms a bottom wall of the oil separator; a blow-by gas inlet opening that is formed in the plate; an oil blocking structure that is provided below the blow-by gas inlet opening in a manner to divide the blow-by gas inlet opening into front and rear inlet openings through which the blow-by gas is led into the oil separator, the front and rear inlet openings being arranged in a first direction; and a transverse rib that is provided on the oil blocking structure and extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
Claims9
A blow-by gas inlet structure of an oil separator adapted to be placed above a cam chamber (3) of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a plate (2) that forms a bottom wall of the oil separator;
- a blow-by gas inlet opening (4) that is formed in the plate (2);
- an oil blocking structure (11) that is provided below the blow-by gas inlet opening (4) in a manner to divide the blow-by gas inlet opening (4) into front and rear inlet openings (16, 16) through which the blow-by gas is led into the oil separator, the front and rear inlet openings (16, 16) being arranged in a first direction;
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- a transverse rib (9) that is provided on the oil blocking structure and extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
A blow-by gas inlet structure of an oil separator adapted to be placed above a cam chamber (3) of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a plate (2) that forms a bottom wall of the oil separator;
- a blow-by gas inlet opening (4) that is formed in the plate (2);
- an oil blocking structure (11) that is provided below the blow-by gas inlet opening (4) in a manner to divide the blow-by gas inlet opening (4) into front and rear inlet openings (16, 16) through which the blow-by gas is led into the oil separator, the front and rear inlet openings (16, 16) being arranged in a first direction;
- a transverse rib (9) that is provided on the oil blocking structure (11) and extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;
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- first and second longitudinal ribs (10, 10) that are provided on the oil blocking structure and extend across the blow-by gas inlet opening (4) in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.