Patent · US Expired

Oil pan arrangement

US7398858B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

10References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

Wolf-Dietrich Bicker · Trebur, DE
Peter Eichert · Bissingen, DE
Torsten Löhnert · Liederbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 18, 2005
Grant date	Jul 15, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 18, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01M2011/007
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an oil pan arrangement for an internal-combustion engine including a cover part, a bottom part for the oil pan and at least one suction pipe which opens out into an suction region of the bottom part. The suction pipe is connected to the suction region and the bottom part in one piece manner. The suction region comprises a wall portion which incorporates at least one suction window.

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