US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Feb. 10 for "Lubricant pan and internal combustion engine for a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,240, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Lubricant pan and internal combustion engine for a vehicle" was invented by Markus Dix (Landshut, Germany) and Oleg Konrad (Hohenthann Weihenstephan, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant pan for a vehicle includes a receiving region in which a lubricant is at least temporarily receivable, a first wall element, and a second wall element. A temperature-control channel is disposed between the first wall element and the second wall element and a temperature-control medium is flowable through the temperature-control channel. A core that is porous ...