Oil cooler
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsScott A. Hudson, Gerald Werner
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Abstract
An oil cooler for an internal combustion engine includes an oil circuit and a cooling circuit arranged in a housing with inlet opening and outlet openings. The housing has a generally annular, C-shaped structure which forms a central, axial cylindrical bore and a radially extending slot. The housing is attached to an annular plate. The bore may receive engine components, such as shafts and the like.
Claims10
An oil cooler for an internal combustion engine, the cooler having an oil circuit, an oil inlet opening, an oil outlet opening and a cooling circuit through which a coolant flows, wherein:
- the cooler has an annular housing having a bore extending through a central portion thereof, the housing having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface, and the housing having a radial width which varies from a maximum radial width to a minimum radial width;
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- the housing forming a slot which extends radially therethrough from the bore to the outer peripheral surface of the housing, the slot being aligned with a line connecting the axis of the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the housing and the central axis of the bore, and the slot extending through the maximum radial width of the housing.
An oil cooler for an internal combustion engine, the cooler having an oil circuit, an oil inlet opening, an oil outlet opening and a cooling circuit through which a coolant flows, wherein:
- the cooler has an annular housing having a bore extending through a central portion thereof, the housing having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface, and the housing having a radial width which varies from a maximum radial width a minimum radial width;
- the housing is attached to a base plate, the bore extending through the housing and the base plate;
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- the housing forming a slot which extends radially therethrough from the bore to the outer peripheral surface of the housing, the slot being aligned with a line connecting the axis of the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the housing and the central axis of the bore, and the slot extending through the maximum radial width of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.