Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Engine housing component
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Application No.: US15880272Application Date: 2018-01-25
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Publication No.: US10718241B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Xavier Demeulenaere , Graham Slaughter , Mark Michel
- 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: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7c0fdeac
- Main IPC: F01M11/02
- IPC: F01M11/02 ; F01M13/04 ; F01M11/00 ; F01M11/03

Abstract:
An engine housing component is provided, the housing component defining two or more drain channels configured to receive oil separated from a crankcase ventilation system and to drain said oil through the housing component, wherein the engine housing component comprises two or more drain features, each of the drain features corresponding to one of the drain channels, wherein each of the drain features is configured to allow an oil drain pipe to be coupled to the drain feature such that the oil drain pipe is in fluid communication with the corresponding drain channel, wherein a first drain feature differs from the or each of the other drain features, such that a particular oil drain pipe configured to couple to the first drain feature is not couplable to the other drain features. An engine housing assembly and kit of oil drain pipes is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180223707A1 ENGINE HOUSING COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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