Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle engine structure
- Patent Title (中): 车辆发动机结构
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Application No.: US12300205Application Date: 2006-11-16
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Publication No.: US08011341B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Akira Iida
- Applicant: Akira Iida
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2006-313817 20061121
- International Application: PCT/IB2007/004246 WO 20061116
- International Announcement: WO2008/062312 WO 20080529
- Main IPC: F01M1/02
- IPC: F01M1/02

Abstract:
An oil pan (20) includes: a pair of oil pan rail portions (21a, 21b), which are spaced apart from each other under an engine body (10a), and are fastened to the engine body (10a); a pair of side wall portions (22a, 22b), facing each other, which are formed integrally with the oil pan rail portions (21a, 21b); and a cylindrical portion (23), which surrounds a driving axle (19L, 19R) passed through the oil pan (20), and is integrally joined with the pair of side wall portions (22a, 22b) near the pair of oil pan rail portions (21a, 21b). At least one axial end (23a, 23b) of the cylindrical portion (23), an upper half portion (23c) of the cylindrical portion (23) positioned over the driving axle (19L, 19R) is thickened upward up to the level near the upper surface of the oil pan rail portion (21a, 21b).
Public/Granted literature
- US20090199810A1 VEHICLE ENGINE STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2009-08-13
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