Sealing device for an oil pan adapter in an internal combustion engine
This patent describes an internal combustion engine having a cylinder, an oil pan under the cylinder block, and a fly-wheel housing mounted to one end of the cylinder block. The improvement comprises: an oil pan adapter mounted between the cylinder block and the oil pan and having an end face held against the fly-wheel housing; there being a generally U shaped groove in the end face of the oil pan adapter, the U shaped groove including a pair of vertical limbs each having a horizontal limb joined to its top end. Each horizontal limb is open both toward the cylinder block and the fly-wheel housing; and a generally U shaped sealing strip including a pair of vertical limbs each having a horizontal limb joined to its top end. The sealing strip is engaged in the U shaped groove in the end face of the oil pan adapter and fluid is tightly held against the fly-wheel housing and the cylinder block.
- Assignee:
- Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Tokyo
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4669432
- OSTI ID:
- 6485131
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 16 May 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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