US 11,702,966 B2
Fluid pan and motor vehicle
Rene Hayder, Strengberg (AT); Michael Hutsteiner, Adlwang (AT); Gerwin Ott, Steyr (AT); Egon Pibinger, Pasching (AT); and Reinhard Ratzberger, Steyr (AT)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/779,940
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/083038
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/115769, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 133 472.1 (DE), filed on Dec. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003146 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F01M 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F01M 11/0004 (2013.01) [F01M 2011/0066 (2013.01); F01M 2011/0091 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid pan for a motor vehicle comprising:
a main pan; and
a secondary pan which is separate from the main pan,
wherein the main pan has a main space for fluid and a passage provided on a side wall of the main pan,
wherein the secondary pan has a secondary space and an opening, wherein the secondary pan is attached to the side wall of the main pan such that the opening in the secondary pan connects to the passage in the main pan, and the main space and the secondary space are fluidically connected to one another,
wherein the secondary space is arranged completely above a lowest point of the opening, and
wherein a shape of the secondary pan is adapted to at least one adjacent vehicle component such that the secondary pan fills, at least partially, a space between the main pan and the at least one vehicle component.