Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
184106000 | Drip pans | 22 |
20080210491 | Oil Pan and Lubricating Device - An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer. | 09-04-2008 |
20080257649 | OIL PAN WITH AN INTEGRALLY FORMED TUBE ASSEMBLY FOR HIGH PRESSURE OIL TRANSPORT - The present disclosure provides an oil pan for an internal combustion engine with an integrally formed tube assembly for transporting high pressure oil from an oil pump to an oil filter and back. The oil pan uses a welded tube assembly including two tubes which are placed inside the oil pan during permanent mold casting. The two tubes are individually bent, then welded together, and finally leak tested. As part of the casting process, an end of the tube assembly for the oil pump is printed to a cope of the tool. Another end of the tube assembly for the oil filter includes a threaded fitting screwed into the tube assembly. The fitting prints into the cope of the tool. | 10-23-2008 |
20080264727 | OIL PAN FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An oil pan is disposed in a lower part of an internal combustion engine and has an oil pan body divided, with respect to a vertical direction, into oil pan elements having bottom walls respectively of different depths. A baffle plate divides the interior of the oil pan body into a plurality of spaces at the boundary of adjacent ones of the bottom walls to regulate the flow of oil between the adjacent ones of spaces. The baffle plate is divided with respect to a vertical direction into a plurality of baffle plate elements. The baffle plate elements are formed integrally with the oil pan elements, respectively. The oil pan for an internal combustion engine can be manufactured by reduced time and reduced labor at a low manufacturing cost. | 10-30-2008 |
20090020366 | LUBRICATION APPARATUS - An oil pan ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090020367 | Oil Pan Structure for Internal Combustion Engine - An oil pan structure for an internal combustion engine includes an oil pan and a baffle plate provided inside the oil pan having a storage section for collecting oil that is returned after circulating through the engine to lubricate and cool the engine. The storage section has a generally flat bottom with a generally rectangular shape as viewed in a plan view, and front, left, and right side walls that extend upward from the bottom. The storage section also has an oil drain port through which the oil in the storage section is drained into the oil pan. The opening of oil drain port is near and faces a wall of the oil pan. | 01-22-2009 |
20090057064 | Oil pan structure and internal combustion engine - An oil pan structure for an internal combustion engine includes: a small-depth portion having a bottom that is positioned at a high level; a large-depth portion formed adjacent to the small-depth portion and having a bottom that is positioned at a lower level than that of the small-depth portion, said large-depth portion defining an interior space in which an oil suction member is housed; and a ridge portion that connects a vertical wall that forms the large-depth portion with a bottom wall that forms the small-depth portion. The ridge portion includes a first connecting portion that connects the vertical wall of the large-depth portion with the bottom wall of the small-depth portion via a curved surface, and a second connecting portion that connects the vertical wall of the large-depth portion with the bottom wall of the small-depth portion at a position lower than that of the first connecting portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20090145695 | OIL PAN STRUCTURE - An oil pan structure is provided that can prevent overheating when the temperature of oil is high, and can rapidly raise the temperature when the temperature of the oil is low. The oil pan structure includes: an oil pan main body; a partitioning wall that partitions the inside of the oil pan main body into a first area and a second area; a plate-shaped baffle plate that is provided at an upper portion of the oil pan main body and inclines downward from the first area toward the second area. The oil pan structure further includes: an oil retaining portion at a lower portion of the second area and an oil cooling portion at a lower portion of the first area, at the bottom wall of the oil pan main body; an upper communication opening that communicates an upper surface side and a lower surface side thereof in the baffle plate; a lower communication opening at a lower end side of the partitioning wall that communicates the first area and the second area as well as causes oil that has fallen into the first area after passing through the upper communication opening to flow into the second area via the oil cooling portion. | 06-11-2009 |
20090242331 | Reserve dry sump oil tank assembly for a motor vehicle - A dry sump oil tank assembly is provided for a vehicle. The dry sump oil tank assembly includes a main oil tank that defines a main outlet aperture. A reserve oil tank defines a reserve outlet aperture. An oil transfer tube connects the main oil tank at the main outlet aperture to the reserve oil tank at the reserve outlet aperture. The reserve oil tank is shaped to fit between a frame rail and a fender of the vehicle. | 10-01-2009 |
20100181146 | Oil Pan for Internal Combustion Engine Transmission Unit - The invention relates to an oil pan ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100224450 | REVERSIBLE OIL PAN WITH INTEGRATED OIL SUCTION TUBE - A reversible oil pan assembly including an oil suction tube. In one aspect, an oil pan assembly includes an oil pan and a suction tube connected to the oil pan. The suction tube includes an inlet to draw oil from the oil pan, and a plurality of outlets, each outlet configured to output oil that has been moved through the suction tube from the inlet. | 09-09-2010 |
20110108361 | ENGINE DEVICE FOR GUARDING AGAINST LEAKS - An oil pan leak guard that is attachable to the undersurface of an oil pan. The leak guard has a wire framework, an oil absorbent material supported by the wire framework, and a washer integrated with said wire framework. The washer provides a leak guard opening that receives the oil plug of the oil pan. The washer is clamped against the oil pan when the oil plug is received through the leak guard opening, screwed into the oil plan opening, and tightened. | 05-12-2011 |
20110120805 | GEAR OIL CHAMBER - A transmission oil sump comprises a main oil compartment, in which a suction line of an oil pump is located, and a secondary oil compartment. The secondary oil compartment is in fluid communication with the main oil compartment via an opening. To prevent the introduction of air during rapid acceleration, cornering at high speeds and/or rapid deceleration of the vehicle, a barrier closes the opening to prevent the flow of oil out of the main oil compartment into the secondary oil compartment so that the oil level, required for the oil pump in the main compartment, remains adequately high. When not closed, the opening of the secondary oil compartment is open to ensure oil flow from the secondary oil compartment to the main oil compartment. The secondary oil compartments is arranged so as to collect oil that leaks from transmission components. | 05-26-2011 |
20110147128 | Method of manufacturing a base body of an oil pan and an oil pan base body manufactured by such a method - In order to provide a method of manufacturing a base body of an oil pan by means of which there can be produced a mechanically highly stable base body of an oil pan which, to a large extent, maintains its shape after the manufacturing process, there is proposed a method of manufacturing a base body of an oil pan which comprises the following process step:
| 06-23-2011 |
20140034422 | ROBOT TRANSMISSION WITH A PRESSURE COMPENSATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a robot transmission ( | 02-06-2014 |
20140174858 | COMBINED SUMP SERVICE - A combined sump structure in an engine, the combined sump structure comprises a sump area comprising one or more sumps, a single oil supply provided for all sumps, and a combined sump drain. | 06-26-2014 |
20140216852 | IMPACT RESISTANT ARTICLE - An impact resistant article is disclosed. The impact resistant article includes a body, with the body including a side wall and a base wall extending from the side wall. The base wall includes an exterior surface. The impact resistant article also includes an energy absorbing member, and in certain embodiments, includes a plurality of energy absorbing members each extending along a respective central axis from the exterior surface of the base wall to a respective distal end. Each of the energy absorbing members define an elliptical cross-sectional configuration transverse to the central axis of respective energy absorbing members. In certain embodiments, the energy absorbing members are spaced from each other such that during an impact to one of the energy absorbing members, the impacted one of the energy absorbing members absorbs energy independently of the other energy absorbing members. | 08-07-2014 |
20140299414 | LUBRICANT COLLECTING ASSEMBLY FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINES - A lubricant collecting assembly for a construction machine is disclosed herein. The lubricant collecting assembly includes a mount assembly and a tray assembly. The mount assembly includes a base portion. A first and second longitudinal walls extend from opposite sides of the base portion. The first longitudinal wall defines a mounting portion. A transverse wall extends from a first end portion of the base portion between the first and second longitudinal walls. The transverse wall defines a tab portion. A lip portion extends from a second end portion of the base portion and is of lesser height than the transverse wall. The tray assembly is removably positioned on the mount assembly and includes a first and second longitudinal side walls. The first and second longitudinal side walls define wing portions extended outwardly relative to the first and second longitudinal side walls. | 10-09-2014 |
20140345977 | FLUID LEVEL DETECTION DEVICE WITH STABILIZER - A fluid level detection device for a chamber containing a fluid includes a sensor configured to indicate one of at least two states; a first state when a present fluid level in the chamber is above a threshold level with respect to a chamber floor, and a second state when the present fluid level in the chamber is below the threshold level. A stabilizer is configured to at least partially surround the sensor. The stabilizer includes a base portion and a plurality of sidewalls defining a storage well configured to store a portion of the fluid around the sensor. The stabilizer is configured to prevent the sensor from indicating the second state when a present fluid volume in the chamber is above a predetermined minimum amount. The stabilizer is configured to prevent the sensor from indicating a false “low fluid” state during a non-stable event. | 11-27-2014 |
20150300220 | Sump Having Temperature-Controlled Jalousie Divider - A baffle for disposition in a sump having a fluid containing cavity is disclosed. A first portion of the baffle has an outside edge abutting a side wall of the sump and an inner edge defining an opening. A second portion of the baffle extends downwardly from the inner edge to a lower edge abutting a bottom wall of the sump. At least one jalousie divider is disposed along the second portion of the baffle to regulate fluid flow through the baffle based on fluid temperature. A controller is coupled to the jalousie divider to selectively drive the jalousie divider to a closed position that prevents fluid flow through the baffle when the fluid temperature is below a temperature threshold and an open position that permits fluid flow through the second portion of the baffle when the fluid temperature is above the temperature threshold. | 10-22-2015 |
20150368069 | OIL COLLECTOR FOR GUIDE RAILS - An oil collector for a guide rail, its use and a method for collecting lubricating oil from a guide rail are disclosed. The oil collector includes a receiving element for receiving the lubricating oil flowing along the guide rail, the receiving element including a portion formed to be set against the guide rail. The oil collector is wherein the receiving element includes a block of absorbent material absorbing the lubricating oil. The oil collector can further include a releasable fastening member for pressing the block of absorbent material against the guide rail thereby securing the block of absorbent material in place. | 12-24-2015 |
20150377100 | Modular Assembly Having Press-Fit Fastener Holes - A modular assembly having a press-fit fastener hole. The press-fit fastener hole may include a plurality of lobe regions and a plurality of contact regions that may be spaced between lobe regions for a press-fit engagement with a fastener. The fastener may have a first diameter and the contact regions collectively may define an imaginary second diameter that is less than or equal to the first diameter. | 12-31-2015 |
20160010521 | OIL PAN | 01-14-2016 |