Patent ID: 8347844

Claim:
An oil pan for an internal combustion engine transmission unit ( 1 ), comprising a two-part oil pan casing ( 7 , 8 ), the oil pan casing including a top part ( 7 ) and a bottom part ( 8 ), wherein the oil pan casing ( 7 , 8 ) parts are an injection-molded plastic material, a support device ( 9 ) by means of which the oil pan casing ( 7 , 8 ) is to be connected to a transmission casing ( 5 ) of the transmission ( 4 ), wherein characterized in that the support device is embodied as a support flange ( 9 ) that is connected to the transmission casing ( 5 ) of the transmission ( 4 ) and on which, by means of a releasable connecting device, the oil pan casing ( 7 , 8 ) is secured, wherein the connecting device between oil pan casing ( 7 , 8 ) and support flange ( 9 ) is releasable and connectable for mounting and demounting of the oil pan casing ( 7 , 8 ) independent of demounting of the support flange ( 9 ) from the transmission casing ( 5 ), wherein the connecting device between oil pan casing ( 7 , 8 ) and support flange ( 9 ) comprises bushings ( 11 ) and correlated bushing receptacles ( 12 ) that are to be brought into alignment and together form a screw-connection passages, wherein the bushings ( 11 ) and the bushing receptacles ( 12 ) are mountably engaged with one another by a friction fit, the friction fit mountable engagement of the bushings between the oil pan casing and the support flange ( 9 ) producing a releasable mounted engagement of the oil pan casing ( 6 , 7 ) onto the support flange ( 9 ), without the use of other screws or connecting devices.