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US 8,985,067 B2Granted
Heat pipe assembly in an engine lubrication system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDanrich Henry Demitroff, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Donald Masch, Michael Levin, James Patrick O'Neill, Lawrence Marshall
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Abstract
An engine lubrication system is provided. The engine lubrication system includes an oil pan housing a lubricant, an oil pump having a pick-up tube including an inlet submerged in the lubricant, and a heat pipe assembly including a fluidly sealed heat pipe coupled to the oil pan adjacent to the inlet of the pick-up tube.
Claims18
An engine lubrication system comprising:
- an oil pan housing a lubricant;
- an oil pump having a pick-up tube including an inlet submerged in the lubricant;
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- a heat pipe assembly including a fluidly sealed heat pipe coupled to the oil pan adjacent to the inlet of the pick-up tube.
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An engine lubrication system comprising:
- an oil pan housing a lubricant;
- an oil pump having a pick-up tube including an inlet submerged in the lubricant;
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- a heat pipe assembly including a plurality fluidly sealed heat pipes coupled to the oil pan, each heat pipe having a higher temperature end positioned in an oil pan enclosure adjacent to the inlet of the pick-up tube and submerged in the lubricant and a lower temperature end positioned external to the oil pan.
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An engine lubrication system comprising:
- an oil pan housing a lubricant;
- an oil pump having a pick-up tube including an inlet submerged in the lubricant;
- a heat pipe assembly including a plurality fluidly sealed heat pipes coupled to the oil pan each heat pipe having a higher temperature end positioned in an oil pan enclosure adjacent to the inlet of the pick-up tube and submerged in the lubricant and a lower temperature end positioned external to the oil pan;
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- a windage tray positioned vertically above the higher temperature end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.