Patent · US Expired

Sound insulated internal combustion engine

US4219002A · kind A · utility

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5References

6Claims

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Assignee

Volkswagenwerk AG · DE

Inventors

Hermann Danckert · Wolfsburg, DE
Michael Willmann · Bermatingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 1978
Grant date	Aug 26, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 1998

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01M2011/0062
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An internal combustion engine includes an engine block and an oil pan sealingly secured to one another along substantially horizontally extending mounting faces to constitute a unit and a sound-insulating capsule shrouding the engine block and having a lower terminal zone. A sound dampening mounting arrangement is provided for attaching the lower terminal zone of the capsule to the unit at the height level of the mounting faces.

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