Patent ID: 7597082
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: F02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cover for the timing mechanisms disposed on the front end of the engine block of an internal combustion vehicle, having an oil pan mounted on the underside thereof, comprising: a member having a rear peripheral wall section provided with a partially peripheral surface sloping downwardly and rearwardly, disposable in mating relation with a downwardly and rearwardly sloping mounting surface of said engine block, a front wall section spaced from said rear wall section having an opening for receiving an end of a crankshaft of said engine therethrough when said member is mounted on said engine block and a side wall section interconnecting said front and rear wall sections; and means for securing said member to said engine block, wherein the depth of the chamber defined upon the mounting of said member on said engine block diminishes from an upper to a lower end thereof.