Washer liquid supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10647303-B2
Application number	US-201816039397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2018
Priority date	Jul 20, 2017
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

A washer liquid supply system is disclosed which includes: a washer tank mounted on a vehicle to store washer liquid; a supply section mounted on the vehicle to supply the washer liquid in the washer tank to an object of the vehicle; a heat-retaining tank mounted on the vehicle and disposed between the washer tank and the supply section to temporarily store the washer liquid supplied from the washer tank to the supply section; a delivering section mounted on the vehicle to deliver the washer liquid stored in the washer tank to the supply section through the heat-retaining tank; and a control section that controls the delivering section, wherein the control section controls the delivering section to temporarily increase a delivering amount of the washer liquid at an initial time of supplying the washer liquid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A washer liquid supply system, comprising:
a washer tank mounted on a vehicle to store washer liquid;
a supply section mounted on the vehicle to supply the washer liquid in the washer tank to an object of the vehicle;
a heat-retaining tank mounted on the vehicle and disposed between the washer tank and the supply section to temporarily store the washer liquid supplied from the washer tank to the supply section;
a delivering section mounted on the vehicle to deliver the washer liquid stored in the washer tank to the supply section through the heat-retaining tank; and
a control section that controls the delivering section,
wherein the heat-retaining tank includes a liquid-amount detecting section detecting a liquid amount of the washer liquid in the heat-retaining tank;
wherein the control section controls the delivering section to temporarily increase a delivering amount of the washer liquid at an initial time of supplying the washer liquid, and sets an increase amount of the delivering amount for temporarily increasing the liquid amount of the washer liquid in the heat-retaining tank on the basis of the detection result of the liquid-amount detecting section.

2. The washer liquid supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-amount detecting section comprises a level sensor that detects a surface of the washer liquid in the heat-retaining tank.

3. The washer liquid supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-amount detecting section comprises a weight sensor that detects a weight of the washer liquid in the heat-retaining tank.

4. The washer liquid supply system according to claim 3 , wherein the heat-retaining tank includes:
a tank main body that temporarily stores the washer liquid;
a discharge-side passage section that has an opening above a bottom surface of the tank main body and discharge the washer liquid in the tank main body to a side of the supply section;
an inlet-side passage section that has an opening at a position lower than the opening of the discharge-side passage section and lets the washer liquid flow into the tank main-body; and
a deflector disposed at a height between a position of the opening of the inlet-side passage section and the opening of the discharge-side passage section,
wherein the weight sensor detects weight of the washer liquid acting the deflector.

5. The washer liquid supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an alcohol-concentration detecting section that detects an alcohol concentration of the washer liquid in the heat-retaining tank,
wherein the control section controls the delivering section to temporarily increase a delivering amount of the washer liquid on the basis of a detection result from the alcohol-concentration detecting section.

6. The washer liquid supply system according to claim 5 , wherein the heat-retaining tank includes:
a tank main body that temporarily stores the washer liquid;
a discharge-side passage section that has an opening above a bottom surface of the tank main body and discharge the washer liquid in the tank main body to a side of the supply section;
an inlet-side passage section that has an opening at a position lower than the opening of the discharge-side passage section and lets the washer liquid flow into the tank main-body, wherein the an alcohol-concentration detecting section detects an alcohol concentration at a position closer to the opening of the a discharge-side passage section than the opening of the inlet-side passage section.

7. A washer liquid supply system, comprising:
a washer tank mounted on a vehicle to store washer liquid;
a supply section mounted on the vehicle to supply the washer liquid in the washer tank to an object of the vehicle;
a heat-retaining tank mounted on the vehicle and disposed between the washer tank and the supply section to temporally store the washer liquid supplied from the washer tank to the supply section;
a bypass passage section allowing the washer liquid in the washer tank to flow to the supply section bypassing the heat-retaining tank;
a switching section that switches a flow direction of the washer liquid between the het heat-retaining tank and the bypass passage;
a control section that controls the switching section wherein the control section controls the switching section to allow the washer liquid temporarily flows at an initial time of supplying the washer liquid through both the heat-retaining tank and the bypass passage section.

8. The washer liquid supply system according to claim 7 , comprising:
wherein the heat-retaining tank includes:
a tank main body that temporarily stores the washer liquid;
a discharge-side passage section that has an opening above a bottom surface of the tank main body and discharge the washer liquid in the tank main body to a side of the supply section;
a liquid-amount detecting section detecting the liquid amount of the washer liquid in the tank main body;

wherein the heat-retaining tank includes:
the control section controls the switching section based on the detection result of the liquid-amount detecting section to allow the washer liquid to temporarily flow through both the heat-retaining tank and the bypass passage at an initial time of supplying the washer liquid when the liquid surface level of the washer liquid is lower than the height of the opening of the discharge-side passage section.

9. The washer liquid supply system according to claim 7 further comprising an ambient temperature detecting section that detects an ambient temperature, wherein
the control section controls the switching section to:
prohibit the washer liquid from flowing into the heat-retaining tank and allow the washer liquid to flow to the bypass passage section when the ambient temperature is higher than or equal to a preset certain temperature, and
allow the washer liquid to flow into the heat-retaining tank and prohibit the washer liquid from flowing through the bypass passage section when the ambient temperature is lower than the preset certain temperature.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sasaki Takeshi
• Goto Taisuke
• Minami Motoki
• Hashimoto Takuro

Classifications

• B60S1/487

  the liquid being heated (nozzles provided with heating means B60S1/52) · CPC title

• B60S1/48 Primary

  Liquid supply therefor · CPC title

• B60S1/481 Primary

  the operation of at least part of the liquid supply being controlled by electric means (electrical washing liquid warming-up means B60S1/488) · CPC title

• B60S1/50

  Arrangement of reservoir · CPC title

• F28D2020/0069

  Distributing arrangements; Fluid deflecting means · CPC title