Vehicle window washer device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHirokatsu Aramaki, Satoru Okuya
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Abstract
A vehicle window washer device having: a washer tank that stores washer fluid; a washer pump having one end connected to the washer tank and another end connected to one end portion of a hose; a washer nozzle connected to another end portion of the hose; a control unit that drives the washer pump to supply the washer fluid stored in the washer tank to the washer nozzle via the hose; and a supply portion that is placed in a wiping region, wiped by a wiper blade, of a windshield glass, is disposed in the washer nozzle or the windshield glass so as to not project from a wiping surface, and supplies the washer fluid from a supply port to the wiping surface.
Claims5
A vehicle window washer device comprising:
- a washer tank that stores washer fluid;
- a washer pump having one end connected to the washer tank and another end connected to one end portion of a hose;
- a washer nozzle connected to another end portion of the hose;
- a control unit that drives the washer pump to supply the washer fluid stored in the washer tank to the washer nozzle via the hose;
- and
- a supply portion that is placed in a wiping region, wiped by a wiper blade, of a windshield glass, is disposed in the washer nozzle or the windshield glass so as to not project from a wiping surface, and supplies the washer fluid from a supply port to the wiping surface, wherein
- the washer nozzle is formed in the shape of a tube having a closed end portion and is placed in such a way that a longitudinal direction of the washer nozzle is along a longitudinal direction of the wiper blade in a storage position such that the longitudinal direction of the washer nozzle coincides with a vehicle width direction, and
- a plurality of the supply portions are disposed along the longitudinal direction of the washer nozzle.
A vehicle window washer device comprising:
- a washer tank that stores washer fluid;
- a washer pump having one end connected to the washer tank and another end connected to one end portion of a hose;
- a washer nozzle connected to another end portion of the hose;
- a control unit that drives the washer pump to supply the washer fluid stored in the washer tank to the washer nozzle via the hose;
- and
- a supply portion that is placed on a cowl louver side of a wiping region, wiped by a wiper blade, of a windshield glass, a cowl louver being disposed along a lower end portion of the windshield glass, is disposed in the washer nozzle or the cowl louver so as to not project from wiping surfaces contacted by the wiper blade, and supplies the washer fluid from a supply port to the wiping surfaces, wherein
- the washer nozzle is placed in such a way that a longitudinal direction of the washer nozzle is along a longitudinal direction of the cowl louver such that the longitudinal direction of the washer nozzle coincides with a vehicle width direction,
- a plurality of the supply portions are disposed along the longitudinal direction of the washer nozzle, and
- a vehicle outer side surface of the windshield glass and a vehicle outer side surface of the cowl louver are the wiping surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.