Engine Oil Cooler and Filter Mounting Base Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional engines with oil coolers and filters require additional processing for drilled hole openings and complicate component mounting in manufacturing lines.
Innovation Solution
The engine design includes a base for component mounting that allows the oil cooler and filter to be pre-mounted, eliminating the need for additional processing by attaching the base to a seat, which facilitates easy assembly by simplifying the mounting process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the oil cooler and oil filter are mounted individually on the engine, then the cooling and purification functions are achieved, but the component mounting work becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the oil cooler and oil filter into a single integrated assembly that is mounted together on the engine. The base for component mounting supports both components in a unified structure, allowing them to be installed as one unit rather than separately, thus simplifying the mounting process while maintaining both cooling and purification functions
Solution Approach 2:
The oil cooler and oil filter are pre-assembled on a base for component mounting before being installed on the engine. This preliminary assembly allows the components to be prepared and positioned in advance, making the final mounting operation simpler and more efficient
2Temperature
If the oil cooler is mounted on the engine with individual mounting, then the cooling function is achieved, but additional processing for drilled hole is required
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated assembly combines the oil cooler, oil filter, and base for component mounting into a single unit. The base includes pre-formed mounting structures with attaching seats that eliminate the need for additional drilled holes during engine assembly, as the entire assembly can be mounted using existing engine mounting points
Solution Approach 2:
The base for component mounting serves as an intermediary structure that interfaces between the oil cooler assembly and the engine. It provides pre-formed attaching seats that align with engine mounting points, eliminating the need for additional processing on the engine block itself
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design eliminates the need for additional processing and simplifies the component mounting work, reducing complexity and manufacturing costs while maintaining effective oil cooling and filtration.
Implementation Method 1
an oil cooler (1) and an oil filter (2) which are mounted on a base for component mounting (6)
Implementation Method 2
an oil cooler (1) and an oil filter (2) which are mounted on a base for component mounting (6)
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AI summary
There is provided an engine that does not require additional processing at the time of component mounting, and component mounting work of which is also easy. The engine includes an oil gallery 3, a base attaching seat 5 provided in an engine frame wall 4, and a base for component mounting 6 attached to the base attaching seat 5, wherein an oil cooler 1 and an oil filter 2 are mounted on the base for component mounting 6, and the base attaching seat 5 is provided with an oil inlet 5a communicating with an upstream-side passage 3a of the oil gallery 3, and an oil outlet 5b communicating with a downstream-side passage 3b of the oil gallery 3, and by attaching the base for component mounting 6 to the base attaching seat 5, engine oil 7 flowing into the oil inlet 5a of the base attaching seat 5 from the upstream-side passage 3a of the oil gallery 3 passes the base for component mounting 6, the oil cooler 1, and the oil filter 2, and flows out of the oil outlet 5b of the base attaching seat 5 to the downstream-side passage 3b of the oil gallery 3.