Reservoir tank
AssigneeAdvics Co., Ltd.
InventorRyosuke Sakakibara
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Abstract
This reservoir tank is provided with a reservoir body formed in the shape of a hollow box inside which a hydraulic fluid is stored, and is connected to a vehicle master cylinder in such a way that brake fluid flows into and out of the same. The reservoir body is provided with a top plate portion formed in the shape of a plate. A flow path portion having one or a plurality of flow paths formed in a serpentine fashion and opening downward in a vertical direction is provided in a protruding manner on an inner wall surface of the top plate portion, and a slit is provided on a downstream side of the flow path.
Claims7
A reservoir tank which includes a reservoir body formed in a hollow box shape for storing a hydraulic fluid inside the reservoir tank, and is connected to a vehicle master cylinder in such a way that the hydraulic fluid flows into and out, wherein:
- the reservoir body includes a top plate portion formed in a plate shape,
- on an inner wall surface of the top plate portion, a flow path portion which has one or more flow paths formed in a serpentine fashion so as to be opened toward a lower side in a vertical direction is provided in a protruding manner,
- on a downstream side of the flow path, an opening is formed,
- the flow path portion is composed of a plurality of first ribs and a plurality of second ribs provided in a protruding manner from the inner wall surface of the top plate portion and arranged so as to face each other,
- at least one of the plurality of first ribs is disposed such that a leading end of the first rib facing the second ribs enters between leading ends of two neighboring second ribs facing the first ribs, and
- at least one of the plurality of second ribs is disposed such that a leading end of the second rib enters between leading ends of two neighboring first ribs.
A reservoir tank which includes a reservoir body formed in a hollow box shape for storing a hydraulic fluid inside the reservoir tank, and is connected to a vehicle master cylinder in such a way that the hydraulic fluid flows into and out, wherein:
- the reservoir body includes a top plate portion formed in a plate shape,
- on an inner wall surface of the top plate portion, a flow path portion which has one or more flow paths formed in a serpentine fashion so as to be opened toward a lower side in a vertical direction is provided in a protruding manner,
- on a downstream side of the flow path, an opening is formed, and
- the opening is a slit formed by a pair of wall members disposed on the downstream side of the flow path portion and provided in a protruding manner from the inner wall surface of the top plate portion toward the lower side in the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.