Patent ID: 6848412
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: F01M

Abstract:
1. An internal combustion engine comprising: an oil collector housing positioned beneath a crankcase housing; a lubricating oil pump positioned inside said oil collector housing, the oil collector housing containing at least one oil-collecting chamber, into which one oil suction line from the lubricating oil pump leads, forcing lubricating oil through a delivery side to consumers; and a system for supplying the lubricating oil to a drive shaft of at least one turbocharger mounted on the internal combustion engine, wherein the lubricating oil that is fed to the turbocharger is returned via oil lines to the oil-collecting chamber of the internal combustion engine, wherein at least one ascending channel is integrated into the oil collector housing, via which the lubricating oil that has been suctioned off from the at least one turbocharger is returned above an oil level in the oil-collecting chamber, and wherein the at least one ascending channel extends into a control valve assembly cover of the internal combustion engine.