Dry sump oil tank assembly
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsDipak R. Patel, Daniel J. Hommes
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Abstract
A tank assembly for a dry sump lubrication system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The tank assembly includes a tank having an upper tank portion and a lower tank portion. An interface assembly is disposed at the lower tank portion and is configured to operably deliver and receive a lubricant to and from the engine. A first end of a return tube in fluid communication with a second end is configured to receive lubricant from the engine at the interface assembly. The second end opposite the first end is in fluid communication with the upper tank portion. In this manner, a return hose and a feed hose may be connected to a same portion of the tank assembly.
Claims26
A method for connecting a return hose and a feed hose to a same end of an tank assembly for a dry sump lubrication system for an internal combustion engine, the method comprising:
- configuring a tank having a first tank portion and a second tank portion;
- disposing an interface assembly at said first tank portion, said interface assembly configured to operably deliver and receive a lubricant to and from the engine;
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- configuring a return tube having a first end in fluid communication with an opposite second end, said first end configured to receive said lubricant from the engine at said interface assembly, said second end in fluid communication with said second tank portion.
A tank assembly for a dry sump lubrication system for an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a tank having a first tank portion and a second tank portion, said first and second tank portions vertically arranged with respect to one another;
- an interface assembly disposed at said first tank portion, said interface assembly configured to operably deliver and receive a lubricant to and from the engine;
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- a return tube having a first end in fluid communication with an opposite second end, said first end in fluid communication with said lubricant from the engine via said interface assembly, said second end in fluid communication with said second tank portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.