Patent ID: 7131421

Claim:
An oil pan mounted on a bottom part of a crank case of an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including a first oil return passage extending from a cylinder head to an oil pan through a crank case and a baffle plate disposed at a bottom of the crank case, and a second oil return passage extending directly from the cylinder head to the oil pan, wherein: the oil pan collects oil returned from said first oil return passage and oil returned from said second oil return passage; the oil pan comprises an oil introducing means; said oil introducing means comprises: an oil introducing plate having an insertion hole for receiving a sucking portion of an oil strainer, the oil introducing plate extending from the periphery of said insertion hole toward a side wall of the oil pan, wherein the oil returned from said first oil return passage is introduced to flow along said oil introducing plate via an oil falling hole formed in said baffle plate: a plurality of inclined wall portions mounted on a bottom portion of the oil pan in the vicinity of the side wall of the oil pan in order to support said oil introducing plate; and opening portions formed between the inclined wall portions and said bottom portion of the oil pan, wherein the oil introducing plate of the oil introducing means is located just below said oil falling hole formed in said baffle plate.