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Lubricating oil sump for internal combustion engines

US4150655A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 1977
Grant dateApr 24, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 12, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01M2011/005
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A lubricating oil sump for an internal combustion engine has hollow side and bottom walls through the interspaces of which engine coolant is circulated to cool oil in the sump, the interspace in the bottom having a meandering flow passage and the internal surface of the sump bottom having longitudinal fins, covered partly by a plate, between which oil flows to be cooled by heat exchange with the engine coolant before entering an oil suction pipe.

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