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US 8,844,565 B2Granted
Baffle for hydraulic reservoir
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAdam Wirth
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Abstract
An anti-vibration system for a fluid reservoir. The system includes a baffle disposed within the fluid reservoir. The baffle includes a mounting mechanism and one or more apertures. The mounting mechanism is adapted to mount the baffle within the reservoir. In addition, and a reservoir cover, enclosing the fluid reservoir, includes receiving fixtures to receive the mounting mechanism.
Claims2
An anti-vibration fluid reservoir system comprising:
- an anti-vibration baffle disk disposed within the fluid reservoir, the disk including:
- suspension members extending upwards from the disk, each suspension member including a mounting fixture at its tip remote from the disk, the suspension members being sized to position the baffle disk substantially at the fill line of the fluid reservoir, separating the air volume from the fluid volume;
- a plurality of apertures formed in the disk;
- and
- a reservoir cover, adapted to enclose the fluid reservoir, including receiving fixtures adapted to receive each suspension member mounting fixture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.