# US 8,739,822 B2 · Oil tank > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,739,822 B2 - Document ID: US8739822B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/576,948 - Filed: 2011-02-01 - Published: 2012-12-06 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2010-02-03 - Assignees: U-Tec Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Yukio Uenishi - Inventors: Yukio Uenishi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739822B2 ## CPC - F15B 1/26: Supply reservoir or sump assemblies - F15B 21/044: Removal or measurement of undissolved gas, e.g. de-aeration, venting or bleeding - F15B 21/047: Preventing foaming, churning or cavitation - F16N 19/00: Lubricant containers for use in lubricators or lubrication systems - F16N 39/002: {by deaeration (degasification of liquids B01D19/00)} - Y10T 137/3003: Fluid separating traps or vents - Y10T 137/85954: Closed circulating system - Y10T 137/86187: Plural tanks or compartments connected for serial flow - Y10T 137/86212: Plural compartments formed by baffles - F15B: SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F16N: LUBRICATING - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract An oil tank has return oil from a hydraulic circuit diffused onto a surface of oil stored in a tank body, and thereby the return oil is prevented from going deep in the oil, so that a hydraulic pump is prevented from sucking oil containing air bubbles. The oil tank includes: an intake port provided in the vicinity of a bottom of the tank body and connected to the hydraulic pump of a hydraulic circuit; and an return oil inlet connected to a return pipe of the hydraulic circuit through which the return oil enters the tank body. In the tank body, a container adapted to hold the return oil is provided. The container is configured so that the return oil inlet opens in the vicinity of the bottom of the container. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An oil tank comprising: an intake port which is provided in the vicinity of a bottom of a tank body adapted to hold oil and which is connected to a hydraulic pump adapted to supply hydraulic pressure oil to a hydraulic circuit; and a return oil inlet which is connected to a return pipe of the hydraulic circuit and through which return oil from the hydraulic circuit is discharged to the tank body, wherein the oil held in the tank body structures an oil surface and wherein a container adapted to hold the return oil is provided in the tank body, the container including: a bottom formed at the bottom of the tank body; an open end positioned above the oil surface; the return oil inlet which opens in the vicinity of the bottom of the container, and a flow adjustment wing arranged adjacent to the open end in a plan view, the flow adjustment wing being provided below and parallel to the oil surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The oil tank according to claim 1, wherein the flow adjustment wing includes a plurality of flow adjustment wings which are provided so as to be aligned in a direction of a depth of the container, and a lower flow adjustment wing is larger in width than an upper flow adjustment wing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The oil tank according to claim 1, wherein the return pipe includes a branch pipe having a discharge port which is located above an upper operational oil level of stock oil held in the tank, and which opens onto a space corresponding to a space inside the open end of the container. ### Claim 4 An oil tank comprising: an intake port which is provided in the vicinity of a bottom of a tank body adapted to hold oil and which is connected to a hydraulic pump adapted to supply hydraulic pressure oil to a hydraulic circuit; and a return oil inlet which is connected to a return pipe of the hydraulic circuit and through which return oil from the hydraulic circuit is discharged to the tank body, wherein a container adapted to hold the return oil is provided in the tank body, the container including: a bottom formed at the bottom of the tank body; an open end positioned above an upper operational oil level of stock oil held in the tank body; the return oil inlet which opens in the vicinity of the bottom of the container, and a flow adjustment wing is arranged along the open end, the flow adjustment wing being provided so that a flow of stock oil having held in the container and overflowing through the open end is converted, at a position below a lower operational oil level of the stock oil held in the tank body, to a flow along a surface of the stock oil held in the tank body, and wherein the flow adjustment wing includes a plurality of flow adjustment wings which are provided so as to be aligned in a direction of a depth of the container, and a lower flow adjustment wing is larger in width than an upper flow adjustment wing. ### Claim 5 An oil tank comprising: an intake port which is provided in the vicinity of a bottom of a tank body adapted to hold oil and which is connected to a hydraulic pump adapted to supply hydraulic pressure oil to a hydraulic circuit; and a return oil inlet which is connected to a return pipe of the hydraulic circuit and through which return oil from the hydraulic circuit is discharged to the tank body, wherein a container adapted to hold the return oil is provided in the tank body, the container including: a bottom formed at the bottom of the tank body; an open end positioned above an upper operational oil level of stock oil held in the tank body; the return oil inlet which opens in the vicinity of the bottom of the container, and a flow adjustment wing is arranged along the open end, the flow adjustment wing being provided so that a flow of stock oil having held in the container and overflowing through the open end is converted, at a position below a lower operational oil level of the stock oil held in the tank body, to a flow along a surface of the stock oil held in the tank body, and wherein the return pipe includes a branch pipe having a discharge port which is located above the upper operational oil level of the stock oil held in the tank, and which opens onto a space corresponding to a space inside the open end of the container.