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Oil pan assembly
Assignee: GOTTLOB ENGINE CONVERSIONS Inc
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Filing: 1981-10-23
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Granted: 1984-07-03
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Expires: 2001-10-23
Abstract
Abstract An oil pan for an automobile engine comprising an upwardly open pan having first and second bottoms located at different distances from an upper edge, and an auxiliary compartment pan beneath the bottom which is closer to the upper edge and joined to it; a wall extending between the two bottoms of the pan has an aperture communicating the oil pan and the auxiliary compartment.
Inventors
- 👤 Clifford E. Gottlob
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 12:39
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01M; F01M11/00; F01M11/0004; F01M11/06; F01M11/062; F01M11/064; F01M2011/0037; F01M2011/0041
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
An oil pan assembly for an internal combustion engine comprising: (a) an upwardly open pan having a planar upper edge, peripheral wall means depending therefrom, first and second bottoms extending from said peripheral wall means, said first bottom located relatively far from said edge and said second bottom located relatively close to said edge, and an intermediate wall means extending between and connecting said bottoms, (b) means defining an auxiliary compartment beneath said second bottom and comprising an auxiliary bottom, underlying said second bottom and spaced therefrom, and auxiliary peripheral wall means extending from said auxiliary bottom to said pan, (c) weld means joining said auxiliary compartment means to said pan at edges of said auxiliary peripheral wall means and said auxiliary bottom of said auxiliary compartment means, and (d) constantly open passage means in said intermediate wall means extending between said first and second bottoms of said pan for continuously communicating said auxiliary compartment with said pan independent of temperature.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
An oil pan assembly for an internal combustion engine comprising: (a) an upwardly open pan having a planar upper edge, peripheral wall means depending therefrom, first and second bottoms extending from said peripheral wall means, said first bottom located relatively far from said edge and said second bottom located relatively close to said edge, and an intermediate wall means extending between and connecting said bottoms, (b) means defining an auxiliary compartment beneath said second bottom and comprising an auxiliary bottom, underlying said second bottom and spaced therefrom, and auxiliary peripheral wall means extending from said auxiliary bottom to said pan, (c) weld means joining said auxiliary compartment means to said pan at edges of said auxiliary peripheral wall means and said auxiliary bottom of said auxiliary compartment means, and (d) constantly open passage means in said intermediate wall means extending between said first and second bottoms of said pan for continuously communicating said auxiliary compartment with said pan independent of temperature.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The oil pan assembly of claim 1, said upper edge being generally rectangular.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The oil pan assembly of claim 1, said auxiliary bottom being substantially coplanar with said first bottom.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The oil pan assembly of claims 1 or 3, wherein wall means of said auxiliary compartment defining means are substantially coplanar with wall means of said oil pan.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
The oil pan assembly of claims 1 or 3, said first bottom being rectangular, said peripheral wall means of said open pan comprising a first set of side walls and a rear wall of equal height extending from said first bottom to said upper edge, said intermediate wall means extending between said first and second bottoms and being of lesser height than said side and rear walls.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The oil pan assembly of claim 5, said peripheral wall means of said open pan comprising a second set of side walls and a front wall of equal height extending from said second bottom to said upper edge, said second set of side walls being coplanar with said first set of side walls and integral therewith.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The oil pan assembly of claim 5, wherein said auxiliary peripheral wall means of said auxiliary compartment means comprises side walls coplanar with said second set of side wall of said open pan and having upper portions of said auxiliary peripheral wall means joined to a lower portion of said second set of side walls which extend to said second bottom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
The oil pan assembly of claim 7, wherein said auxiliary compartment means comprise a front wall and edges of said side walls of said auxiliary compartment means remote from said front wall are joined to the first set of side walls of said open pan adjacent said intermediate wall means extending between said bottoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The oil pan assembly of claim 8, where said peripheral wall means of said oil pan comprises a front wall coplanar with said front wall of said auxiliary compartment means.
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