Internal-combustion engines – Frame construction – Horizontal cylinder
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-04
2006-07-04
Kamen, Noah P. (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Frame construction
Horizontal cylinder
C184S006220
Reexamination Certificate
active
07069899
ABSTRACT:
A mounting structure for an oil pan is disclosed. The oil pan includes an outer pan made from a metal and an inner pan made from a synthetic resin and fixed to an underside of an engine by bolts. The mounting structure includes abutments formed on outer portions of the opening edges of outer pan and the engine so as to abut against each other, respectively, bolt engagement holes formed through the outer peripheral portions of the opening edges so that the bolts are inserted through the holes respectively, an accommodation space defined between inner peripheral portions of the opening edges of the outer pan and the engine by collapsing the inner peripheral portion of the opening edge of either outer pan or engine, and a flange protruding sideways from the inner pan and loosely fitted in the accommodation space.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2003-222012 (2003-08-01), None
patent: 2005-009418 (2005-01-01), None
Okuda Tsutomu
Yamada Ken'ichi
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld & LLP
Kamen Noah P.
Pacific Industrial Co. Ltd.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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