Engine front cover
AssigneeMercedes-Benz AG
InventorsHeiko Bublitz, Roland Doll, Uwe Kooths, Peter Lindeckert
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Abstract
In a front cover which is mounted on the front end of an internal combustion engine to cover an engine camshaft drive mechanism and which includes means for supporting auxiliary engine components such as a power steering pump, the front cover further includes a slide-in mounting structure supporting a container which, when inserted into the slide-in mounting structure, is firmly supported by the front cover and communicatively connected to an auxiliary engine component.
Claims8
A front cover for an internal combustion engine mounted on the front end of the engine to cover an engine camshaft drive mechanism and including means for supporting auxiliary engine components such as a generator, an a/c compressor, a power steering pump and a water pump, said front cover further including a slide-in mounting structure supporting a container which is operatively connected to, and supported by, said front cover upon sliding said container into said slide-in mounting structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.