Centrifugal oil separator in an internal combustion engine

US7309308B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Alexander Theodore Berger · Richardson, US
• Roland Noll · San Antonio, US
• Christoph Reckzugel · Stuttgart, DE
• Timo Schmidt · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2004
• Grant date: Dec 18, 2007
• Expiry date: May 29, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01M2013/0422
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a centrifugal oil separator in an internal combustion engine including a centrifuge housing which is placed in a rotationally fixed manner onto a rotating centrifuge shaft, the centrifuge housing is manufactured from plastic and a metal bushing is integrated into the centrifuge housing and is slipped onto the centrifuge shaft.