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US 12,584,437 B2Granted
Toroid surge tank with inverted divider wall
AssigneeAbc Technologies Inc.
InventorRichard Allan
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Abstract
An automotive surge tank including tank body defining an interior volume, the tank body including a first tank portion and a second tank portion. The tank body includes at least one coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and an interior divider wall that separates the interior volume of the tank body into two fluidly connected zones. Passage of coolant through the surge tank requires the coolant to travel from one of the zones to the other zone prior to being discharged from the surge tank.
Claims19
An automotive surge tank comprising:
- a tank body defining an interior volume, the tank body including a first tank portion and a second tank portion;
- at least one coolant inlet and a coolant outlet provided on the tank body;
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- an interior divider wall that separates the interior volume of the tank body into two fluidly connected zones,
- wherein passage of coolant through the surge tank requires the coolant to travel from one of the zones to the other zone prior to being discharged from the surge tank and wherein the tank body is substantially torus-shaped and includes an outer wall, an inner wall, an upper wall, and a lower wall which collectively defines the interior volume.
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An automotive surge tank comprising:
- a tank body including a first tank portion and a second tank portion, wherein the tank body is substantially torus-shaped and includes an outer wall, an inner wall, an upper wall, and a lower wall which collectively defines an interior volume of the tank body;
- at least one inlet on the first tank portion;
- a outlet provided on the second tank portion;
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- a divider wall disposed within the interior volume of the tank body, the divider wall extending from an interior surface of the upper wall and including a distal end that is disposed within the second tank portion in a spaced-apart relationship relative to an interior surface of the lower wall such that a gap extends between the distal end of the divider wall and the interior surface of the lower wall, wherein the divider wall separates the interior volume of the tank body into an inner zone and an outer zone, and
- wherein passage of coolant through the surge tank requires the coolant to travel from one of the inner zone or the outer zone to the other of the inner zone or the outer zone prior to being discharged from the surge tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.