Lubrication – Lubricators – Drip pans
Patent
1986-04-21
1987-07-28
Croyle, Carlton R.
Lubrication
Lubricators
Drip pans
220 1C, 220326, 123195C, 123198E, 403338, F16N 3100
Patent
active
046826726
ABSTRACT:
An automotive type internal combustion engine has an oil pan that is easily attached and disassembled from the skirt of the engine block by means of a snap-on type connector that includes a springable-like retaining plate removably attached to the upper edge of the oil pan and having right angled end portions springably engaged through slots in the oil pan wall for projection to a location above the ledge of the engine block skirt for supporting the oil pan upon the ledge and securing it to the block, the end portions of the retaining plate being cammed outwardly upon upward assembly of the oil pan to the block ledge and springably returned into a locking position with respect to the ledge after the ledge has cleared the hook-like ends; disassembly being accomplished by forceably moving the springlike ends outwardly until the block ledge is cleared for vertical removal of the oil pan from the ledge.
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Berger Alvin H.
Diehl Roy E.
Croyle Carlton R.
Ford Motor Company
McCollum Robert E.
Obee Jane E.
Sadler Clifford L.
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