SPACER FOR OIL PAN OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: engine engineering. SUBSTANCE: spacer 1 has sealing part 7 interposed between the bearing surface of the cylinder bank and flange of oil pan and damping projections 8 which are made in block of the surface. The projections enter under the flange of the oil pan. Through openings are made in spacer 1 for passing fastening members. Thickness of sealing part 7 of the spacer smoothly increases from minimum at the section passing through the axis of each opening up to maximum at the middle section between the axes of the openings. Each damping projection 8 is mushroom-shaped and has rounded head and cylindrical leg. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 4 dwg