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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Taiichi Mori, Susono, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Mishima, JP;
Katuhiko Arisawa, Gotenba, JP;
Kenichi Yamada, Yaizu, JP;
Yoshio Yamashita, Susono, JP;
Kunihiko Hayashi, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Taiichi Mori, Susono, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Mishima, JP;
Katuhiko Arisawa, Gotenba, JP;
Kenichi Yamada, Yaizu, JP;
Yoshio Yamashita, Susono, JP;
Kunihiko Hayashi, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An oil pan is provided with an oil pan separator that partitions a first chamber that communicates with a moving part inside a cylinder block and a second chamber outside the first chamber. A communicating hole is provided to a bottom panel of the oil pan separator. The communicating hole is shielded from a strainer.