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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Yasushi Iwata, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuhiro Terada, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Iwata, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuhiro Terada, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An oil drain passage that guides, to an oil pan, lubrication oil in a space surrounded by a side wall of an engine block and an inner wall of a chain cover is formed with a partition formed by contacting a rib provided on the inner wall of the chain cover and a rib provided on the side wall of the engine block. An opening is provided in a portion of the partition.