Patent ID: 10619532

Abstract:
A lubricating device for lubricating an internal combustion engine irrespective of orientation, which device comprises a housing that forms a housing part of the internal combustion engine, is, in order to make it possible to reliably lubricate an internal combustion engine, irrespective of orientation, by means of simple constructive means, designed and developed such that a first working chamber for storing lubricant and a second working chamber that is separate from the first working chamber are arranged in the housing, such that a passage is formed from the first working chamber to the second working chamber, such that the second working chamber comprises an opening to a crankshaft receiving area of the housing, and such that the first working chamber comprises a lubricant channel to the crankshaft receiving area, the opening and the lubricant channel being spaced apart from each other in a height direction such that lubricant can be supplied to the crankshaft receiving area, irrespective of orientation, at least via the opening or the lubricant channel.