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AssigneeMercedes-Benz AG
InventorsErnst-Wilhelm Hufendiek, Walter Kerschbaum, Johannes Werner
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A casing cover for an internal combustion engine with an engine casing having two cylinder banks is mounted on one end of the engine casing and includes an oil cooler, an oil filter, an oil filter bypass arrangement and also a transverse cooling water passage in communication with main cooling water passages extending along the cylinder banks and a transverse oil passage in communication with main oil passages also extending along the cylinder banks, and comprises three adjacent but separate functional areas, a first lowermost area which includes the lubricating oil passages leading to and from the oil cooler, the oil filter and the main oil passages, a second functional area which includes a cooling water space receiving the oil cooler and is disposed above the first functional area and a third functional area which is disposed next to the second functional area and includes cooling water return passages receiving the cooling water from said cylinder banks.
A casing cover for an internal combustion engine having an engine casing with two cylinder banks and a cooling circuit with two main cooling water passages extending longitudinally alongside said cylinder banks, a lubricating oil circuit with two main lubricating oil passages also extending alongside said cylinder banks, said cover being mounted on one end of said engine and including a lubricating oil cooler, an oil filter and an oil filter bypass arrangement, a transverse cooling water passage extending through said cover transversely to said engine and having two openings providing for communication with said main cooling water passages for supplying cooling water thereto, and a transverse lubricating oil passage in communication with said main lubricating oil passages for supplying lubricating oil from said lubricating oil cooler and said oil filter to said main lubricating oil passages, said casing cover comprising three adjacent but separate functional areas, a first lowermost functional area including lubricating oil passages for removing engine oil from the engine casing and for supplying lubricating oil via said transverse lubricating oil passage to said main lubricating oil passages and, for bypassing the oil filter associated with said casing cover, a second functional area including a cooling water space receiving said lubricating oil cooler and being disposed above said first functional area, and a third functional area arranged adjacent said second functional area and including cooling water return passages for the return of cooling water from said cylinder banks.
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