Support for windshield washer fluid container, windshield washer fluid container, and device comprising said support and container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016167625-A1
Application number	US-201414896954-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 13, 2014
Priority date	Jun 14, 2013
Publication date	Jun 16, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The invention relates to a support ( 10 ) for a removable, interchangeable container for windshield washer fluid, said support ( 10 ) being designed to be secured to a vehicle and comprising a housing for one or more containers ( 30 ), which housing is designed to allow the repeated insertion and removal of the container(s) ( 30 ). The invention also relates to a removable, interchangeable container ( 30 ) for windshield washer fluid, designed to be mounted in such a support ( 10 ). The invention also relates to a device for supplying windshield washer fluid, comprising such a support ( 10 ) and such a container ( 30 ). The invention further relates to a vehicle windshield washing system comprising such a windshield washer fluid supply device.

First claim

1 . A device for supplying washer fluid, comprising:
at least one washer fluid container; and a support configured to be fixed to a vehicle and comprising a housing able to receive at least one of said containers, in which the support and/or the container comprise poka yoke means for the positioning of the container.

2 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which said container and said support are configured to allow repeated fitting of said container in and repeated extraction of said container from the housing of said support.

3 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the support comprises connecting means for connection to one of said containers allowing said container to be placed in communication with a circuit of said fluid.

4 . The device as claimed in claim 3 , in which the connecting means are configured to allow the opening of one of said containers.

5 . The device as claimed in claim 3 , in which said support comprises fixing means for a pump.

6 . The device as claimed in claim 5 , in which the connecting means comprise a pipe intended to connect said container and said pump.

7 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the support and/or the container further comprise guide means able to allow one of said containers to be mounted in the housing of the support.

8 . The device as claimed in claim 7 , in which guide means comprise a rectilinear rib or groove.

9 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which said housing of the support has a substantially parallelepipedal shape delimited by at least two lateral walls connected by a wall belonging to the front or rear part of said support.

10 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the support further comprises locking means intended to hold said container in position.

11 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which said container comprises at least one opening, referred to as first opening, able to collaborate with said connecting means.

12 . The device as claimed in claim 11 , comprising a second opening able to maintain a pressure, identical to atmospheric pressure, inside said container, said container being rigid.

13 . The device as claimed in claim 11 , in which said first opening is the only opening of said container designed to be flexible.

14 . The device as claimed in claim 11 , comprising means for closing at least one of said openings, said closure means preferably being configured to re-close said openings after extraction of said container from said support.

15 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the container is pre-filled with a washer fluid that is one selected from the group consisting of, a de-icing liquid, a cleaning liquid and an anti-insect liquid.

16 . The device as claimed claim 1 , in which the container comprises at least two independent compartments), each one of said compartments comprising a first opening, said first openings preferably being opposite one another.

17 . The device as claimed in claim 16 , in which said container is clipped into said housing.

18 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the poke yoke means of the support comprise a cutout made in one of the faces of said support so that the poke yoke means of the container may be seen.

19 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the poke yoke means of the container are a specific shape and/or a label and/or a sticker and/or writing and/or a drawing and/or a color.

20 . The device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the poke yoke means of the container and of the support are complementary shapes intended to nest one inside the other when the appropriate container is mounted on said support.

21 . A vehicle windshield washer system comprising a washer fluid supply device as claimed in claim 1 , means for spraying the windshield with said fluid and means for wiping the windshield.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Dessuyage

Inventors

• Caillot Gérald
• Giraud Frédéric
• Trebouet Marcel

Classifications

• B60S1/04

  Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers · CPC title

• B60S1/50 Primary

  Arrangement of reservoir · CPC title