Staked reinforced strips

In an oil pan having side walls terminating in an outwardly extending perimetral flange with an outer edge for mounting the pan and a reinforcing strip engaging the flange, the improvement comprising a mechanical connection for securing the reinforcing strip to the flange which includes at least one tab provided on the outer edge of the flange and wherein the reinforcing strip includes diametrically opposed notches aligned with the tab, the tab and a segment of the side wall of the receptacle adjacent the notches being staked into engagement with the notches to connect the strip to the flange.

In an oil pan having a side wall, a flange extending outwardly from the side wall for mounting the pan, the flange having a substantially flat, upper planar sealing surface and a substantially flat, lower planar surface opposed to the sealing surface, a reinforcing strip on the surface opposed to the sealing surface, and a mechanical connection for securing the reinforcing strip to the flange, the mechanical connection comprising a tab formed on the outer edge of the flange, and a notch formed in the outer edge of the reinforcing strip and aligned with the tab, the notch defining an opening through the strip, the tab being staked and engaging the notch to secure the strip to the flange.

In an oil pan having a side wall, a flange extending outwardly from the side wall for mounting the pan, a reinforcing strip on the flange, and a mechanical connection for securing the reinforcing strip to the flange, the mechanical connection comprising a tab formed on the outer edge of the flange, a notch formed in the outer edge of the reinforcing strip, the tab being staked and engaging the notch in the outer edge of the strip, and a staked segment of the side wall engaging an inner edge of the strip to secure the strip to the flange.

In an oil pan having a side wall, a flange extending outwardly from the side wall for mounting the pan, the flange having a substantially flat, upper planar sealing surface and a substantially flat, lower planar surface opposed to the sealing surface, a reinforcing strip on the surface opposed to the sealing surface and having substantially flat upper and lower planar surfaces, and a mechanical connection for securing the reinforcing strip to the flange, the mechanical connection comprising a skirt formed on the outer edge of the flange at generally a right angle thereto, a tab formed on the outer edge of the flange, and a notch formed in the outer edge of the reinforcing strip defining an opening therethrough from the upper surface to the lower surface of the strip, the strip being positioned adjacent the flange between the side wall and the skirt and the tab being staked inwardly into engagement with the notch in the strip to secure the strip to the flange.

In an oil pan having a side wall, a flange extending outwardly from the side wall for mounting the pan, the flange having a substantially flat, upper planar sealing surface and a substantially flat, lower planar surface opposed to the sealing surface reinforcing means on the flange, and a mechanical connection for securing the reinforcing means to the flange, the improvement wherein the reinforcing means includes a plurality of reinforcing strips on the flange surface opposed to the sealing surface, each strip having substantially flat upper and lower planar surfaces and the mechanical connection includes tabs formed on the outer edge of the flange and at least one notch formed in the outer edge of each strip and aligned with a tab, each notch defining an opening through the strip from the upper surface to the lower surface thereof, each tab being staked and engaging a notch to individually secure the strips to the flange.