Internal combustion engine having at least one crankcase of the dry-sump type
US10577990B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04C2240/601
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An internal combustion engine having at least one crankcase for defining a guide housing in which at least one crankshaft is guided in rotation about an axis of rotation and lubricated by a lubricating fluid, the at least one crankcase being of the “dry-sump” type. Such an internal combustion engine has at least two pumps forming a pump train of pumps on a common axis, the pump train being fitted in a cylindrical bore of the at least one crankcase.
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