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US 10,981,699 B2Granted
Coolant cap mix-up prevention system for motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeremy Richard Ikerd, Kenneth J. Jackson, Serdar Hakki Yonak
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a coolant cap mix-up prevention system for a motor vehicle. In one example, a motor vehicle includes a first coolant bottle configured for use with a first cap and a second coolant bottle configured for use with a second cap. The second coolant bottle is configured prevent attachment of the first cap to the second coolant bottle. A method is also disclosed.
Claims22
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first cooling system;
- a second cooling system, wherein the first and second cooling systems are each closed-loop systems and are independent of one another;
- a first coolant bottle configured for use with a first cap, wherein the first cooling system includes the first coolant bottle;
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- a second coolant bottle configured for use with a second cap, wherein the second coolant bottle is configured to prevent attachment of the first cap to the second coolant bottle, and wherein the second cooling system includes the second coolant bottle.
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A method, comprising:
- preventing a mix-up of a first cap configured for use with a first coolant bottle and a second cap configured for use with a second coolant bottle by preventing attachment of the first cap to the second coolant bottle, wherein a first cooling system includes the first coolant bottle and a second cooling system includes the second coolant bottle, and wherein the first and second cooling systems are each closed-loop systems and are independent of one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.