Patent classifications
F01M11/00
Oil strainer and oil storage device for vehicle
An oil strainer which sucks an oil is disposed within an oil pan connected to a lower portion of a combustion engine. The oil strainer includes a strainer main body, which accommodates a filter element and extends so as to be inclined relative to a horizontal line, a suction port formed in a lower portion of the strainer main body, and a discharge port formed in an upper portion of the strainer main body.
Engine system
In a cogeneration device, a space is formed on a base member that supports an engine and an electric power generator in order to store leakages from the engine in the space. A panel-fixing bracket is provided outside the storage space, at a predetermined distance from a vertical wall section forming a vertical wall of the storage space. A panel, which is a part of a package, is bolted and fixed to the bracket. This structure enables each panel to be fixed to the base member while preventing the leakages stored in the storage space from leaking out.
PREVENTING APPARATUS FOR CONCENTRATING OIL OF VEHICLE
A preventing apparatus for concentrating oil of a vehicle includes: a chamber disposed in an oil pan to enclose the surrounding of an oil strainer and having both sides provided with through holes through which oil inflows and outflows; and an oil blocking module disposed to be spaced apart from the through holes in the chamber and operated in an opposite direction to a turning direction of the vehicle when the vehicle turns in order to block one of the through holes of the chamber.
Floating Crankcase Ventilation System and Method
An internal combustion engine includes a crankcase having first and second pluralities of openings. A oil separation module has at least one inlet housing that communicates with a oil separation filter and is connectable to at least one opening from the first plurality of openings or from the second plurality of openings to define a crankcase vent.
Engine lubrication system
An engine oil lubrication system includes an oil flow control baffle disposed in the sump of the oil pan. The baffle may be detachably mountable in the sump of the oil pan. The baffle may be configured to prevent oil returning to the sump from the engine from short-circuiting and flowing directly to the oil pump intake. The baffle creates a circuitous flow path which forces mixing of the returning oil before being drawn into the oil pump intake nozzle via increasing resonance time of the oil in the sump to enhance cooling. The present disclosure further provides a modular engine mounting system which extends the number of engines and vehicle chassis which can utilize a single oil pan to mount to the chassis. Interchangeable mounting flanges are provided having different bolting patterns compatible with the different chassis.
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME
An internal combustion engine having an oil circuit, wherein the oil circuit is designed to supply at least one component of the internal combustion engine with lubricating oil, and at least one oil reservoir for providing the lubricating oil for the oil circuit, wherein there is provided at least one collecting container separate from the at least one oil reservoir, wherein lubricating oil in the oil circuit downstream of the at least one component can be collected in the at least one collecting container, and there is provided at least one removal device, by means of which at least a part of the lubricating oil collected in the at least one collecting container is removable from the at least one oil circuit.
TWO-PART STRUCTURAL OIL PAN
An oil pan assembly including a first portion having an inner set of openings configured to receive a first set of fasteners to couple the first portion to an engine block and a second portion having an outer set of openings positioned laterally outward relative to the inner set of openings and configured to receive a second set of fasteners to couple the second portion to the first portion and the engine block.
AUTOMOTIVE LUBRICANT PUMPING SYSTEM WITH TWO PIECE RELIEF VALVE
A lubrication pumping system for an oil lubricated engine is provided that includes a pump with an outlet and inlet. A relief valve is included having a housing with a multidimensional bore having a first diameter section axially intersecting with a second different diameter section. Slidably mounted in the first section is a spring biased primary piston have a first landing for metering flow between a pump discharge connection and a pump inlet connection. A secondary piston is provided in a second different diameter section of the valve housing bore. The inventive system allows for multiple modes of operation of oil pressure versus engine speed relationships by control of the pilot pressure to minimize parasitic loads exerted by the oil pump on the vehicle engine.
MEASURING SENSOR, IN PARTICULAR OF A LEVEL OF A LIQUID, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING SAID SENSOR
Measuring sensor, in particular of a level of a liquid, in particular for the lubricating oil of an internal combustion engine, the sensor comprising a body with a longitudinal extension with at least one related intermediate portion having cylindrical symmetry with respect to said longitudinal extension and a bushing internally complementary to said intermediate portion, so that said body can freely rotate in the bushing with respect to said longitudinal extension and wherein the bushing externally comprises fixing means for fixing the sensor to an opening of a container of said liquid.
Engine And Transmission Spacer With Integrated Hydraulic Tank
An engine and transmission spacer with integrated hydraulic tank preferably includes a spacer case, an engine flange and a transmission flange. The spacer case includes an outer peripheral wall, a first outer wall and a second outer wall. The first outer wall is formed on one end of the outer peripheral wall and the second outer wall is formed on an opposing end of the outer peripheral wall. The engine flange extends from one end of the spacer case and the transmission flange extends from the opposing end thereof. A fluid cavity is formed in an inner surface of the outer peripheral wall, the first outer wall and the second outer wall. At least one pump port is preferably formed through a side of the outer peripheral wall. An oil pump is used to transfer fluid from the fluid cavity to another location.