Oil level gauge guide device
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukitomo Matsumoto, Shigehiro Matsumoto, Kenji Kurihara
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Abstract
An oil level gauge guide device is coupled to an engine to make the operation of inserting an oil level gauge easier. The oil level gauge guide device has a guide body and a fastening portion. The guide body is generally funnel shaped and narrows gradually from a first open end toward a second open end. The fastening portion fastens the guide body to a cylinder head of main engine body in such a manner that the second open end of the guide body faces an oil level gauge insertion opening of the cylinder head into which the oil level gauge to be inserted.
Claims30
An oil level gauge guide device comprising:
- a guide body including a wide first open end and a narrow second open end with a plurality of slits extending longitudinally from a free edge of the second open end toward the first open end to separate the guide body into individually flexible sections;
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- a fastening portion including a first part and a second part coupled to the guide body, the first part being configured and arranged relative to the second oven end of the guide body to be coupled to a main engine body of an internal combustion engine in such a manner that the second open end is spaced by a prescribed gap from an oil level gauge insertion opening of the main engine body through which an oil level gauge is inserted.
An oil level gauge guide device comprising:
- a guide body including a wide first open end and a narrow second open end;
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- a fastening portion including a first part and a second cart coupled to the guide body,
- the first part being configured to be coupled to a main engine body of an internal combustion engine in such a manner that the second open end faces an oil level gauge insertion opening of the main engine body through which an oil level gauge is inserted,
- the first and second parts of the fastening portion being formed as a unitary, one-piece resin body,
- the fastening portion further including
- a metal collar disposed in the resin body, and
- a mounting bolt coupled to the metal collar and configured to be fastened to the main engine body.
An oil level gauge guide device comprising:
- guide means for guiding an oil level gauge from a wide first open end of the guide means to a narrow second open end of the guide means during insertion an oil level gauge insertion opening of the main engine body of an internal combustion engine, the guide means including a plurality of slits extending longitudinally from a free edge of the narrow second open end toward the first open end to separate the guide means into individually flexible sections;
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- fastening means for fastening the guide means to the main engine body in a cantilever manner such that a free edge of the narrow second open end of the guide means is spaced by a prescribed gap from the oil level gauge insertion opening of the main engine body through which the oil level gauge is inserted.
An oil level gauge guide device comprising:
- a guide body constructed of a single, one-piece sheet metal that has been formed by bending and including a wide first open end and a narrow second open end;
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- a fastening portion including a unitary, one-piece resin body having a first part with a bolt mounting bore and a second part coupled to the first open end of the guide body, the first part being configured to be coupled to a main engine body of an internal combustion engine in such a manner that the second open end faces an oil level gauge insertion opening of the main engine body through which an oil level gauge is inserted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.