Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oil pan
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Application No.: US14579600Application Date: 2014-12-22
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Publication No.: US09951666B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Kazunari Sato , Tsuyoshi Tsukaguchi , Kazutoyo Endo
- Applicant: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2013-268412 20131226
- Main IPC: F01M11/00
- IPC: F01M11/00

Abstract:
[OBJECT] To provide a resin-made oil pan without breakage even when the oil pan strikes against an obstruction.[MEANS TO SOLVE] A bottom wall 2 of an oil pan 1 made of resin material has a front side wall section 5 that is located at a vehicle front side and a rear side wall section 6 that is located at a vehicle rear side with respect to the front side wall section 5 and continues to the front side wall section 5 at a predetermined angle. The front side wall section 5 is set so as to have an inclination so that as a position on the front side wall section 5 gets closer to the vehicle rear side, the position on the front side wall section 5 is located in a lower position in a vehicle up-and-down direction in a state in which the oil pan 1 is secured to a cylinder block mounted on a vehicle. As an external force absorption means, a plurality of lateral ribs 7, each of which has an almost rectangular shape in cross section and extends along a vehicle width direction, are formed on an outer wall surface 5a of the front side wall section 5.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150184562A1 OIL PAN Public/Granted day:2015-07-02
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