Inverted internal combustion engine configuration
AssigneeSeneca Technology, Ltd.
InventorMark Conrad Wilksch
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Abstract
An inverted aircraft internal combustion engine, such as a two-stroke, compression-ignition diesel engine, includes a wet sump lubrication system with a combined under-slung camshaft or valve gear cover and sump housing, as well as a turbocharger located above the wet sump operational oil level and lubricated from the wet sump system with gravity return to the sump.
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An inverted piston engine comprising a wet sump, a wet sump lubrication system containing a lubricant, a cylinder-head, an exhaust manifold, a turbocharger attached to said exhaust manifold, said turbocharger being positioned adjacent said cylinder head and above said wet sump, an oil pump for supplying lubricant to said turbocharger and a lubricant return means, wherein lubricant supplied to said turbocharger is returned by gravity to said wet sump.
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