Oil pan mounting structure

Internal-combustion engines – Frame construction – Horizontal cylinder

Reexamination Certificate

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C184S006220

Reexamination Certificate

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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

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