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Crankcase with bottom plate

US7267093B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

10Claims

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Assignee

MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Huster · Starnberg, DE
Dagmar Neu · Bermatingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 2006
Grant date	Sep 11, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 27, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01M2001/126
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a crankcase for an internal combustion engine, including a lubricant chamber for the collection of lubricant, and a bottom plate for providing dry sump lubrication closing the crankcase and being sealingly joined to the bottom end of the crankcase, wherein the crankcase includes auxiliary equipment comprising pumps for pumping lubricant into the lubricant chamber and from the lubricant chamber to various lubrication points, the bottom plate has a width exceeding the width of the crankcase so that it forms a section which is disposed outside the crankcase and auxiliary equipment is disposed on this section outside the crankcase.

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