OIL LEVEL GAUGE MOUNTING STRUCTURE

摘要

An oil level gauge mounting structure includes an oil level gauge, a dipstick insertion hole, a peripheral wall, and an opening portion. The oil level gauge includes a grip portion and a dipstick. The grip portion has a finger insertion hole which defines a finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole and into which a finger of an operating person is to be inserted from the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole. The peripheral wall surrounds the grip portion from directions except the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole so as to define an insertion recess portion to receive the grip portion in a state in which the dipstick is inserted in the dipstick insertion hole. The opening portion is open in the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole in the state in which the dipstick is inserted in the dipstick insertion hole.

主权项

1. An oil level gauge mounting structure for an oil level gauge that measures a lubricating oil surface position in an oil pan of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
the oil level gauge including a grip portion of the oil level gauge which has a finger insertion hole into which a finger of an operating person is inserted, and a dipstick that extends from the grip portion and that measures the lubricating oil surface position in the oil pan; a dipstick insertion hole provided in an upper portion of the internal combustion engine which accepts insertion of the dipstick; a peripheral wall provided in the upper portion of the internal combustion engine which at least partially defines an insertion recess portion that receives the grip portion by surrounding the grip portion, except from a finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole, when the dipstick is inserted in the insertion hole; and an opening portion provided in the upper portion of the internal combustion engine which is open in the finger insertion direction for the finger insertion hole, wherein the insertion recess portion has such a shape that the insertion recess portion is capable of receiving the grip portion in such a facing direction that the finger insertion direction is substantially aligned with a direction of the opening portion but is incapable of receiving the grip portion in any other facing direction.