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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Inventors:
Tenghua Tom Shieh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bogdan Radu Kucinschi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dong-Hyun Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/04 (2006.01); F01M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/0004 (2013.01); F01M 2011/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oil pan assembly and an engine assembly having a vortex generating unit configured to de-aerate entrained oil before reaching the intake pipe 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 vortex generating unit is disposed on the inner plate and generates a vortex which de-aerates entrained oil.