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US 5,544,632 AGranted
Removable engine plate and installation method therefor
OwnerRandall W. Choateinventor
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Abstract
A conventional internal combustion engine oil pan having a throughbore which is sealingly covered by a gasket and plate mounted over the throughbore and fixed thereto with threaded fasteners. A method for installing the engine plate is also provided.
Claims5
An engine plate for an internal combustion engine oil pan, the oil pan having a throughbore, the throughbore having a peripheral edge, the engine plate comprising:
- a reinforcing member contacting the peripheral edge of the oil pan for structurally enhancing the oil pan, said reinforcing member being generally flat, and extending entirely around the throughbore;
- a gasket dimensioned and configured to sealingly mate with the peripheral edge of the oil pan, said gasket being generally planar, and extending entirely across the throughbore;
- a plate dimensioned and configured to mate with said gasket, said plate being generally planar, and extending entirely across the throughbore;
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- means for demountably fixing said gasket and said plate to the engine oil pan.
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A method for installing a removable plate in an oil pan comprising the steps of:
- cutting a throughbore in the oil pan;
- mounting a reinforcing member to the peripheral edge of the throughbore in the oil pan, said reinforcing member being generally flat, and extending entirely around the throughbore;
- mating a gasket to the peripheral edge of the throughbore in the oil pan, said gasket being generally planar, and extending entirely across the throughbore;
- mating a plate to the gasket, said plate being generally planar, and extending entirely across the throughbore;
- maintaining the plate and gasket against the oil pan.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.