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US 2006/0048848 A1Published application
Hydraulic fluid reservoir
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsPhilippe Come, Emmanuel Fraisse, Francis Gaffe, Remi Demersseman
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Abstract
In order to prevent hydraulic fluid infiltrating out from a hydraulic fluid tank (1) when a vehicle is in operation, the invention provides for the tank to be compartmentalized by an anti-overflow partition (16). The anti-overflow partition is made in such a manner as to hold air captive inside the tank in the vicinity of a feed orifice (11) at a location placed in a top portion of said anti-overflow partition.
Claims9
A hydraulic fluid tank (1) comprising:
- a ceiling (2) and a bottom (3);
- and
- a hydraulic fluid feed orifice (11), which feed orifice is placed in the ceiling and opens out to the outside of the tank, the tank being characterized in that an anti-overflow partition (16) is placed inside the tank extending at least from the ceiling and surrounding the feed orifice at least in part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.