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Granted Patent B2
US 9,719,460 · App. 14/568,132 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Engine oil pan

Inventors: Zhao Kong (Suzhou, CN); Ning Guo (Suzhou, CN); Gan Chen (Suzhou, CN); Keya Feng (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: SUZHOU CLEVA PRECISION MACHINERY & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
F02F7/0021F01M1/04F01M11/00F01M11/065F01M13/0416F16N7/32F01M2011/007F01M2013/0044F02B63/02
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Patent No.
US 9,719,460
App. No.
14/568,132
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses an engine oil pan, which includes a cylinder block, wherein a plurality of arc-shaped grooves are disposed on the second end surface of the cylinder block along the axial direction of a crank shaft; the arc-shaped grooves form arc-shaped bulges in a sunk portion on the first end surface of the cylinder block; the arc-shaped bulges divide the sunk portion into first space and second space; a platform is disposed inside the sunk portion of the cylinder block; and the height of the platform is lower than the height of the arc-shaped bulges. The technical solution employed by the present invention enables lubricating oil in the engine oil pan to flow more effectively, and enables the lubricating oil in the oil pan to be utilized more effectively when the engine is used in any position.

Claims (10)

1. An engine oil pan, comprising a cylinder block having a plurality of arc-shaped grooves disposed on a second end surface of the cylinder block along the axial direction of a crank shaft to contain the crank shaft;

a lower cover buckling with a first end surface of the cylinder block to form a cavity chamber, wherein the plurality of arc-shaped grooves are within the cavity chamber;

the arc-shaped grooves form arc-shaped bulges in a sunk portion on the first end surface of the cylinder block;

the arc-shaped bulges divide the sunk portion into a first space and a second space; and

wherein a platform is disposed inside the sunk portion of the cylinder block; and when the engine is inverted, that is the first end surface is in the lower and the lower cover is in the upper, the lubricating oil is stored in a space formed by the sunk portion and the arc-shaped bulges, which are respectively the first space and the second space, and the height of the platform is lower than the height of the arc-shaped bulges for communicating the lubricating oil between the first space and the second space.

2. The engine oil pan according to claim 1 , wherein the second end surface is provided with steps at the platform.

3. The engine oil pan according to claim 2 , wherein the steps are higher than the lowest end of the arc-shaped grooves.

4. The engine oil pan according to claim 1 , the platform is located at a tail end of the processing direction of the arc-shaped grooves.

5. The engine oil pan according to claim 4 , wherein the platform is located on the axial direction of the crank shaft, and is symmetric around the axis of the crank shaft.

6. The engine oil pan according to claim 1 , wherein the arc-shaped grooves and the arc-shaped bulges are symmetric around the axis of the crank shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2014
From: KONG, ZHAO; GUO, NING; CHEN, GAN; FENG, KEYA
To: SUZHOU CLEVA PRECISION MACHINERY & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 034484/0536 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0198803 · Jun 15, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2013000618 · May 27, 2013
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