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US 11,305,742 B2Granted
Vehicle grille assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorsJasvir Singh, Andrew Kornblatt
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Abstract
A vehicle grille assembly includes a vehicle grille, a grille badge and a washer assembly. The grille has an interior side and an exterior side. The grille badge is supported on a surface of the exterior side of the grille. The washer assembly is disposed adjacent to the grille badge and has a nozzle being configured to move between a stowed position and an operating position. The nozzle is stowed on the interior side of the vehicle grille in the stowed position. The nozzle is on the exterior side of the vehicle grille in the operating position to dispense cleaning fluid toward the grille badge.
Claims17
A vehicle grille assembly comprising:
- a vehicle grille having an interior side and an exterior side;
- a grille badge supported on a surface of the exterior side of the grille;
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- a washer assembly disposed adjacent to the grille badge, the washer assembly having a nozzle being configured to move between a stowed position and an operating position, the nozzle having an elongated tube and an aperture fluidly connected to the elongated tube to spray fluid when the nozzle is in the operating position,
- the nozzle being stowed on the interior side of the vehicle grille in the stowed position, the nozzle being on the exterior side of the vehicle grille in the operating position to dispense cleaning fluid toward the grille badge, the washer assembly further comprises a cover movably attached to the grille to expose the nozzle when the nozzle moves into the operating position, the cover being aligned with the grille when the nozzle is in the stowed position, the cover being spaced with respect to the grille when the nozzle is in the operating position,
- a first supporting structure having an interior space that receives the nozzle, the first supporting structure being fixed to the nozzle to move with the nozzle as the nozzle moves between the stowed position and the operating position so that the nozzle is not movable relative to the first supporting structure, and
- a second supporting structure having an interior space that telescopically receives the first supporting structure, the nozzle and the first supporting structure together being movable relative to the second supporting structure, wherein, the nozzle extends interiorly beyond the first supporting structure and the second supporting structure.
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A vehicle cleaning system comprising:
- a washer assembly supported to a vehicle grille and being disposed adjacent to a vehicle grille badge of the vehicle grille, the washer assembly having
- a nozzle being configured to move between a stowed position and an operating position, the nozzle being stowed on an interior side of the vehicle grille in the stowed position, the nozzle being on an exterior side of the vehicle grille in the operating position to dispense cleaning fluid toward the grille badge, the nozzle having an elongated tube and an aperture fluidly connected to the elongated tube to spray fluid when the nozzle is in the operating position,
- a cover configured to be movably supported with respect to the vehicle grille, the cover being openable to expose the nozzle when the nozzle moves into the operating position, the cover being aligned with the grille when the nozzle is in the stowed position, the cover being spaced with respect to the grille when the nozzle is in the operating position;
- a first supporting structure having an interior space that receives the nozzle, the first supporting structure being fixed to the nozzle to move with the nozzle as the nozzle moves between the stowed position and the operating position so that the nozzle is not movable relative to the first supporting structure, and
- a second supporting structure having an interior space that telescopically receives the first supporting structure, the nozzle and the first supporting structure together being movable relative to the second supporting structure, wherein, the nozzle extends interiorly beyond the first supporting structure and the second supporting structure, and
- a reservoir tank configured to store cleaning solution, the nozzle being in fluid communication with the reservoir tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.