IP Library Granted Patent US 9,956,942
Granted Patent B2
US 9,956,942 · App. 15/032,391 · Granted May 1, 2018

Reservoir

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Patent No.
US 9,956,942
App. No.
15/032,391
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a reservoir in which an inlet for injecting a liquid from the outside into a reservoir chamber in which the liquid is stored is provided at one side of a vehicle, a communication path that extends from the inlet toward the other side of the vehicle is provided, and a communication opening that is capable of making communication between the communication path and the reservoir chamber is formed. A surface part that gets higher from one side of the vehicle toward the communication opening of the other side of the vehicle in a state in which the reservoir chamber is mounted in the vehicle is formed at an upper portion of the reservoir chamber.

Claims (25)

1. A reservoir configured to be assembled to a vehicle, the reservoir comprising:

an inlet provided at one side of the vehicle to inject a liquid from an outside into a reservoir chamber in which the liquid is stored;

a communication path provided to extend from the inlet toward another side of the vehicle; and

a communication opening capable of making communication between the communication path and the reservoir chamber,

wherein a surface part is formed at an upper portion of the reservoir chamber, wherein the surface part is configured to get higher with respect to a horizontal plane from the one side of the vehicle toward the communication opening of the another side of the vehicle in a state in which the reservoir chamber is mounted in the vehicle, and

wherein a roof part is formed at the upper portion of the reservoir chamber, and the surface part is formed at a position recessed downward relative to the roof part.

2. The reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein:

the communication opening is formed at a rear side of the reservoir chamber in a front/rear direction of the vehicle; and

the surface part is inclined such that a height position gets higher from a front side toward a rear side in the front/rear direction of the vehicle.

3. The reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein a highest liquid level indicator line in the reservoir is formed at an upper position in a vertical direction relative to the surface part.

4. A reservoir configured to be assembled to a vehicle, the reservoir comprising:

an inlet provided at one side of the vehicle to inject a liquid from an outside into a reservoir chamber in which the liquid is stored;

a communication path provided to extend from the inlet toward another side of the vehicle;

a communication opening capable of making communication between the communication path and the reservoir chamber;

an upper structure for which the inlet is provided; and

a lower structure for which the reservoir chamber is provided,

wherein the upper structure and the lower structure are fastened to form a reservoir body,

wherein a surface part, formed at an upper portion of the reservoir chamber, is configured to get higher with respect to a horizontal plane from the one side of the vehicle toward the communication opening of the another side of the vehicle in a state in which the reservoir chamber is mounted in the vehicle, and

the surface part is formed at the upper structure.

5. The reservoir according to claim 4 , wherein:

the communication opening is formed at a rear side of the reservoir chamber in a front/rear direction of the vehicle; and

the surface part is inclined such that a height position gets higher from a front side toward a rear side in the front/rear direction of the vehicle.

6. The reservoir according to claim 4 , wherein a highest liquid level indicator line in the reservoir is formed at an upper position in a vertical direction relative to the surface part.

7. The reservoir according to claim 2 , wherein a highest liquid level indicator line in the reservoir is formed at an upper position in a vertical direction relative to the surface part.

8. The reservoir according to claim 5 , wherein a highest liquid level indicator line in the reservoir is formed at an upper position in a vertical direction relative to the surface part.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2016
From: KOSHIMIZU, NAGANORI; SHIMURA, HIROSHI; YAGI, RYOICHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 038392/0656 →