Oil pan for an internal combustion engine

US6131543A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Karl-Jorg Achenbach · Breidenbach, DE
• Ulrich Bertsch · Burgstetten, DE
• Thomas Hardt · Waiblingen, DE
• Hubert Schnupke · Stuttgart, DE
• Gunther Zoll · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01M2011/0091
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an oil pan for an internal combustion engine particularly for use with a motor vehicle, the oil pan consists of an outer latticed girder structure of a light-weight high-strength material and an inner thin-walled shell of plastic material forming an integral oil pan structure.