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US 8,011,340 B2Granted
Oil pan
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsWolf-Dietrich Bicker, Peter Eichert
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Abstract
An oil pan is provided for an internal combustion engine. The oil pan includes, but is not limited to a base part configured to form an oil sump and a suction channel that opens into the oil sump through an opening. The oil pan also includes, but is not limited to a nose in a region of the opening for at least partly covering a cross section of the suction channel in a horizontal direction of flow.
Claims18
An oil pan for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a base part configured to form an oil sump and a suction channel that opens into the oil sump through an opening;
- and
- a nose in a region of the opening for at least partly covering a cross section of the suction channel in a horizontal direction of flow, the nose extending geodetically downwards, wherein the suction channel is slanted downward to the nose.
An internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a crankshaft housing;
- and
- an oil pan that is coupled to the crankshaft housing, the oil pan comprising:
- a base part configured to form an oil sump and a suction channel that opens into the oil sump through an opening;
- and
- a nose in a region of the opening for at least partly covering a cross section of the suction channel in a horizontal direction of flow, the nose extending geodetically downwards, wherein the suction channel is slanted downward to the nose.
3 more elements
An oil pan for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a base part configured to form an oil sump and a suction channel that opens into the oil sump through an opening;
- and
- a nose in a region of the opening for at least partly covering a cross section of the suction channel in a horizontal direction of flow, the nose being substantially perpendicular to the base part, wherein the suction channel is slanted downward to the nose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.