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US 5,181,838 AGranted
Vehicle washer pump
AssigneeAsmo Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihiro Sato, Masaaki Kiyama, Yasuhiro Harita, Osamu Ozone
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Abstract
The present invention provides a vehicle window washing system having a washer pump which includes a cylindrical housing, a pump section formed in the housing, a motor section formed in the housing, an outlet formed in the housing to extend outwardly therefrom, and a flow passage connecting the outlet with the pump section. The washer pump is fixedly held relative to a washing liquid tank under such a condition that at least the pump section is inserted into the washing liquid tank through an opening therein.
Claims16
A vehicle window washing system, comprising:
- a tank for receiving a washing liquid and having inlet means;
- and a washer pump mounted in said tank, said tank further having an opening other than said inlet means formed therein at part of one of a lower side wall and a bottom wall thereof, and said washer pump comprises a cylindrical housing, a pump means disposed in said housing and including an inlet port and an impeller, with a motor means also disposed in said housing for rotatably driving said impeller, with outlet means formed in said housing to extend outwardly from an outer wall of said housing, and flow passage means connecting said outlet means with said pump means, whereby at least said pump means and said motor means are inserted into said tank through said opening in one of the lower side wall and the bottom wall and further comprising a watertight support means having elasticity for fixedly holding said washer pump relative to said tank such that said outlet means is positioned outside of said tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.