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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Donald Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Patrick O'neill, Milford, MI (US);
Lawrence Marshall, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Donald Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Patrick O'Neill, Milford, MI (US);
Lawrence Marshall, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An engine lubrication system is provided. The engine lubrication system includes an oil pan housing a lubricant, an oil pump having a pick-up tube including an inlet submerged in the lubricant, and a heat pipe assembly including a fluidly sealed heat pipe coupled to the oil pan adjacent to the inlet of the pick-up tube.