Reserver tank for motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10563567-B2
Application number	US-201816117657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2018
Priority date	Aug 31, 2017
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a reserver tank for a motor vehicle, more particularly, a reserver tank for a motor vehicle including a lateral coupling portion for easy assembly and installation of the reserver tank in an internal portion of an engine room.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reserver tank for a motor vehicle, for storing cooling water overflowing by excessive pressure of a radiator and for accommodating cooling water to maintain a water level of cooling water inside the radiator, the reserver tank comprising:
mounts and for fixing the reserver tank,
wherein the mounts and include:
a coupling hole into which a screw protrusion formed in the internal portion of an engine room is inserted; and
an insert bush having an external surface inserted into the coupling hole and an internal surface into which the screw protrusion is inserted, and for applying elastically inward to fix the screw protrusion;
wherein the insert bush includes an elastic protrusion that protrudes to apply elasticity inward, and
wherein the insert bush is formed by bending a bush body formed like a plate in a circular shape and includes a fixing protrusion formed at one end portion of the bush body to protrude in an outer radial direction of the insert bush.

2. A reserver tank for a motor vehicle, for storing cooling water overflowing by excessive pressure of a radiator and for accommodating cooling water to maintain a water level of cooling water inside the radiator, the reserver tank comprising:
mounts and for fixing the reserver tank,
wherein the mounts and include:
a coupling hole into which a screw protrusion formed in the internal portion of an engine room is inserted; and
an insert bush having an external surface inserted into the coupling hole and an internal surface into which the screw protrusion is inserted, and for applying e elastically inward to fix the screw protrusion, wherein the insert bush includes an elastic protrusion that protrudes to apply elasticity inward; and
wherein the elastic protrusion is formed by pressing the external surface of the insert bush in an inner radial direction.

3. The reserver tank of claim 2 , wherein the elastic protrusion has a smaller internal diameter on the insert bush than a diameter of the screw protrusion.

4. The reserver tank of claim 1 , wherein the mounts and include:
an upper mount formed at an upper portion of the tank body for accommodating cooling water to fix the reserver tank to an internal portion of an engine room; and
a lateral mount formed on a lateral surface of the tank body to fix the reserver tank to the internal portion of the engine room,
wherein the insert bush is included in any one of the upper mount and the lateral mount.

5. The reserver tank of claim 4 , wherein the reserver tank includes a cooling water injection portion for replenishing cooling water in the tank body.

6. The reserver tank of claim 2 , wherein the screw protrusion is coupled to penetrate a through hole formed in the internal portion of the engine room and the coupling hole; and
wherein the through hole has a smaller diameter than the coupling hole to prevent separation of the insert bush.

7. The reserver tank of claim 2 , wherein the elastic protrusion is symmetrical in a coupling direction of the insert bush.

8. The reserver tank of claim 2 , wherein protrusion slits penetrating in a thickness direction of the insert bush are formed at opposite sides of the elastic protrusion.

9. The reserver tank of claim 8 , wherein the coupling hole includes a fixing groove recessed in an outer radial direction from the coupling hole to insert the fixing protrusion into the fixing groove.

10. The reserver tank of claim 9 , wherein the fixing groove is formed with a smaller width than a width of the fixing protrusion.

11. The reserver tank of claim 9 , wherein the elastic protrusion is symmetrical in up and down directions based on the fixing protrusion.

12. The reserver tank of claim 1 , the mounts and are formed by a predetermined distance from one end portion to the other end portion of the coupling hole and includes an end projection with a smaller diameter than a diameter of an inner circumference of the coupling hole.

13. The reserver tank of claim 12 , wherein the diameter of the inner circumference of the end projection is equal to or less than a diameter of an outer circumference of the insert bush.

14. The reserver tank of claim 1 , wherein the elastic protrusion has a smaller internal diameter on the insert bush than a diameter of the screw protrusion.

15. The reserver tank of claim 2 , wherein the mounts and include:
an upper mount formed at an upper portion of the tank body for accommodating cooling water to fix the reserver tank to an internal portion of an engine room; and
a lateral mount formed on a lateral surface of the tank body to fix the reserver tank to the internal portion of the engine room,
wherein the insert bush is included in any one of the upper mount and the lateral mount.

16. The reserver tank of claim 15 , wherein the reserver tank includes a cooling water injection portion for replenishing cooling water in the tank body.

17. The reserver tank of claim 2 , wherein the screw protrusion is coupled to penetrate a through hole formed in the internal portion of the engine room and the coupling hole; and
wherein the through hole has a smaller diameter than the coupling hole to prevent separation of the insert bush.

18. The reserver tank of claim 1 , wherein the elastic protrusion is symmetrical in a coupling direction of the insert bush.

19. The reserver tank of claim 1 , wherein protrusion slits penetrating in a thickness direction of the insert bush are formed at opposite sides of the elastic protrusion.

20. The reserver tank of claim 19 , wherein the coupling hole includes a fixing groove recessed in an outer radial direction from the coupling hole to insert the fixing protrusion into the fixing groove.

21. The reserver tank of claim 20 , wherein the fixing groove is formed with a smaller width than a width of the fixing protrusion.

22. The reserver tank of claim 21 , wherein the elastic protrusion is symmetrical in up and down directions based on the fixing protrusion.

23. The reserver tank of claim 2 , the mounts and are formed by a predetermined distance from one end portion to the other end portion of the coupling hole and includes an end projection with a smaller diameter than a diameter of an inner circumference of the coupling hole.

24. The reserver tank of claim 23 , wherein the diameter of the inner circumference of the end projection is equal to or less than a diameter of an outer circumference of the insert bush.

Assignees

• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Jeong Dong Mi
• Jeong Seong Woo

Classifications

• B60K11/02 Primary

  with liquid cooling · CPC title

• F01P11/029 Primary

  Expansion reservoirs · CPC title

• F01P11/0285

  Venting devices · CPC title

• B60K11/00

  Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units · CPC title

• F01P11/0204

  Filling · CPC title