Oil proper amount informing apparatus for engine
First Claim
1. An oil proper amount informing apparatus for an engine, comprising:
- an oil gauge mounted on an oil reservoir unit;
a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of oil; and
temperature indicating means adapted to be mounted on an indicator panel of a vehicle for indicating the temperature on the basis of a detected signal of said temperature sensor means;
wherein said temperature indicating means indicates an oil temperature in a selected one of a plurality of divided regions, each of which has a predetermined range of temperature, and said oil level gauge is provided with a plurality of indicating regions for indicating a proper amount of oil which corresponds to each of said temperature regions of said temperature indicating means.
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Abstract
An oil proper amount informing apparatus for engines capable of simply checking whether or not a remaining amount or level of oil is proper even if the period of time of warming-up varies. An oil level gauge mounted to an oil reservoir unit, a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of oil, and temperature indicating means for indicating the temperature on the basis of a detected signal of the temperature sensor are provided. The temperature indicating means indicates the temperature of oil in either of a plurality of divided regions H, M, and L, each of which has a predetermined width or range of temperature. The oil level gauge is provided with the indicating regions H, M, and L, each of which indicates an proper amount of oil at a position corresponding to the proper amount of oil in each of the temperature regions H, M, and L.
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18 Claims
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1. An oil proper amount informing apparatus for an engine, comprising:
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an oil gauge mounted on an oil reservoir unit;
a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of oil; and
temperature indicating means adapted to be mounted on an indicator panel of a vehicle for indicating the temperature on the basis of a detected signal of said temperature sensor means;
wherein said temperature indicating means indicates an oil temperature in a selected one of a plurality of divided regions, each of which has a predetermined range of temperature, and said oil level gauge is provided with a plurality of indicating regions for indicating a proper amount of oil which corresponds to each of said temperature regions of said temperature indicating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)
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10. An apparatus for indicating an oil condition of an engine, comprising:
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an oil level gauge mounted on an oil reservoir unit for determining a level of oil in the oil reservoir and for generating a signal based on the level of oil;
a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of oil and for generating a signal based on the temperature of oil; and
temperature indicator adapted to be mounted on an indicator panel of a vehicle for indicating the temperature based on the signal from the temperature sensor;
a controller for comparing the level of oil for each of a plurality of ranges of oil temperature;
wherein said temperature indicator indicates an oil temperature in a selected one of the plurality of predetermined ranges of temperature as an output of said controller for comparing the oil level with a plurality of indicating regions for indicating a proper level of oil which corresponds to each of said temperature regions of said temperature indicator. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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