Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crankcase assembly
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Application No.: US15200760Application Date: 2016-07-01
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Publication No.: US09856764B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Ian Graham Pegg , Roland Paul Stark
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Greg Brown
- Priority: GB1512257.5 20150714
- Main IPC: F01M1/04
- IPC: F01M1/04 ; F01M9/10 ; F01M11/00 ; F02F7/00

Abstract:
A crankcase assembly for an engine is provided. The crankcase assembly includes a crankcase comprising a crank sump, the crank sump including a primary sump volume and a secondary sump volume, one or more crankcase oil catchers, the crankcase oil catchers comprising one or more surfaces configured to catch dispersed oil in the crankcase and direct the oil along the surfaces of the crankcase oil catcher away from a crankcase casing wall and towards the crank sump, wherein the crankcase oil catchers are provided above a crankshaft and below an associated piston of the engine, and one or more guides configured to collect oil captured by the crankcase oil catchers and guide the oil to the primary sump volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170016365A1 CRANKCASE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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