Oil pan
US11047273B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01M2011/0091
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An oil pan disposed underneath an engine of a motorcycle and configured to reserve engine oil includes a shallow bottom portion and a deep bottom portion formed to extend in a front-rear direction of the motorcycle substantially at a center in a left-right direction of the motorcycle of the shallow bottom portion, and to become deeper than the shallow bottom portion, and in which a space defined in the left-right direction of the motorcycle between both side wall portions of the deep bottom portion that face each other in the left-right direction of the motorcycle is formed to increase as the deep bottom portion extends from a front toward a rear thereof with respect to the motorcycle.
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