US 5,946,763 AGranted

Module for a motor vehicle

AssigneeITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

InventorsBruno Egner-Walter, Eckhardt Schmid

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Abstract

The invention pertains to a module for a motor vehicle which comprises a windshield wiper system (7) and a windshield washer system, wherein a receptacle (6) that is predominantly realized in the form of a fluid container is shaped such that it surrounds the windshield wiper system (7) at least approximately complimentarily and simultaneously serves as a cover for the so-called radiator tank of the motor vehicle body, and wherein said receptacle is provided with an air passage (17) that leads to the passenger compartment. The invention also aims to develop a module of this type in such a way that it fulfills additional functions and can be delivered to the motor vehicle manufacturer in the form of a complete module. According to the invention, a windshield wiper system (7) that is mounted on a carrier and the receptacle (6) can be connected into a module, wherein the receptacle (6) comprises several independent tanks (8,9,10) for different fluids which are respectively assigned with a controllable pump (14,15). In addition, the receptacle (6) comprises a rainwater inlet (16) for automatically filling the tank (8) for the washing fluid as well as an exchangeable fresh air filter (61).

Claims16

Dependent claims

Module for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a windshield wiper system attached to a windshield washer system, wherein said windshield washer system includes a fluid container shaped such that it partially covers the windshield wiper system,
and wherein said windshield washer system is provided with an air passage adapted to lead to a passenger compartment of said motor vehicle,
and wherein the windshield wiper system is mounted on a carrier,
and wherein the fluid container includes at least two independent tanks that can be separately filled,
and wherein said at least two independent tanks are adapted to hold windshield washing fluid and antifreeze fluid respectively,
a pump for the antifreeze pump having an inlet side and an outlet side, wherein said inlet side is in fluid communication with said antifreeze fluid holding tank and said outlet of said pump is in fluid communication with said windshield washing fluid holding tank,
and wherein a filter neck of the windshield washing fluid holding tank is equipped with a filling level limiter that maintains a sufficiently large tank volume free for pumping antifreeze fluid into said windshield washing fluid holding tank,
and wherein a fresh air filter resides in said air passage of said windshield washer system.

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