Patent ID: 6041751
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: F01M,F02B

Abstract:
An oil pan for a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine, comprising:an oil pan main body having a deep pan section for storing lubricating oil and a shallow pan section integral with said deep pan section; anda baffle plate fixedly disposed inside said oil pan main body and extending in a generally horizontal direction to substantially cover a lower part of an inside of said deep pan section, wherein a level of the lubricating oil in said deep pan section is lowered under a predetermined operative condition of the engine, said baffle plate including a generally horizontally extending baffle plate main body section and an oil maintaining wall surrounding an entire periphery of said baffle plate main body section and projecting upward from an upper surface of said baffle plate main body section so as to retain the lubricating oil on said baffle plate main body section.