Patent ID: 7322335

Claim:
An oil pan structure, comprising: an oil pan with a reservoir portion in which oil is stored; a tubular member that provides communication between the reservoir portion and an outside of the oil pan, and is arranged such that one end of the tubular member opens into the reservoir portion; a nozzle guide that guides an end of a nozzle of an oil changer, which is inserted into the tubular member and which replaces oil in the reservoir portion with new oil, to a position near a deepest portion of the reservoir portion; and a guide portion that guides the end of the nozzle of the oil changer, which has been guided into the reservoir portion, to the nozzle guide, wherein the guide portion is provided above a position at which a bottom surface of the oil pan intersects with a virtual guide line that corresponds to a path that the nozzle of the oil changer would continue along after being inserted in the tubular member and guided into the reservoir portion in an absence of any obstructions in the path; and the nozzle guide is provided on a top side of a bottom portion of the oil pan.