Oil pan structure and separator for partitioning oil pan

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8635983
APP PUB NO 20100300395A1
SERIAL NO

12702489

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An oil pan 1 includes: an oil pan body 2 having a reservoir 21 for storing oil circulated in an engine E and returned to the reservoir 21; and a separator 3 having a vertically extending sidewall unit 4 partitioning the reservoir 21 into a first reservoir 21a for storing high-temperature oil and a second reservoir 21b for storing low-temperature oil. The first reservoir 21a has a suction-member-placement region 22 in which a member for sucking oil is provided. The separator 3 has an inclined portion 61 extending, to the suction-member-placement region 22, from a portion below a downstream end of a return pipe Rt for allowing oil to return to the first reservoir 21a.

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DAIKYONISHIKAWA CORPORATION4-31 KITASHINCHI 1-CHOME SAKA-CHO AKI-GUN HIROSHIMA 731-4311

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Enokida, Satoshi Hiroshima, JP 7 59

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