Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oil supply circuit of an engine
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Application No.: US15413319Application Date: 2017-01-23
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Publication No.: US10598057B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Rainer Lach , Franz Weber , Frank Wunderlich , Joerg Kemmerling , Guenter Hans Grosch , Joerg Bonse
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Geoffrey Brumbaugh
- Priority: DE102016201414 20160129
- Main IPC: F01M11/02
- IPC: F01M11/02 ; F01M5/02 ; F01M1/02 ; F01M11/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for an internal combustion engine having an oil circuit. In one example, a system may include a rising oil line from a block to a cylinder head of an engine; a main oil line in the head; and an oil siphon system including a reservoir positioned between, and having at least one portion at a lower elevation than both, a section the rising line and a section of the main oil line so that oil flows into, and remains in, the reservoir when the engine is shut-off. In this way, the design of the oil circuit may be used to improve oil supply to engine components while minimizing delays in oil supply during engine startup.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170218801A1 OIL SUPPLY CIRCUIT OF AN ENGINE Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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