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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Inventors:
Tenghua Tom Shieh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Shohei Nomura, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Swetha Minupuri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dong-Hyun Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/0004 (2013.01); F01M 2011/005 (2013.01); F01M 2011/007 (2013.01); F01M 2011/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oil pan assembly having an oil pan and an intake pipe attached to a bottom of an engine block is provided. The oil pan assembly includes an inner plate mounted to the oil pan so as to be disposed between the oil pan and a bottom surface of the engine block. The inner plate is configured to slow the flow of oil to an intake pipe so as to provide additional time for entrained oil to de-areate.