# US 9,434,356 B1 · Windshield wiper and radiator fluid refill device

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- Number: US 9,434,356 B1
- Document ID: US9434356B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 14/668,855
- Filed: 2015-03-25
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-03-25
- Applicants: Roberto Rafael Puente Fernandez
- Inventors: Roberto Rafael Puente Fernandez
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434356B1

## CPC

- B60S 1/50: Arrangement of reservoir
- B62D 25/081: {Cowls (ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28)}
- B67C 11/02: without discharge valves
- B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- B67C: CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS

## Abstract

An automobile windshield wiper fluid refill device having a collection tray that mounts under a hood of a vehicle, collects rain water and directs it to a washer fluid container to automatically fill the container. The tray has a bottom surface and wall that projects upward from the bottom surface and extends around the sides and front of the tray and terminates near the back end of the tray to define an opening and a pair of drainage ports partially defined by apertures in the wall and a pair of conduits depending from the wall proximal the apertures. The open side of the tray and wall ends engage a wall or drainage plastic piece under the hood of a vehicle when mounted. A flange extends from the bottom surface through the opening for fitting under a plastic drainage piece that all vehicles have under the hood for draining rain water and other water. The fluid refill device has a first tube that connects a first drainage port to a wiper fluid refill device for refilling the wiper fluid refill device and a second tube that connects a second drainage port to a radiator for refilling a radiator with water.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An automobile windshield washer fluid refill device for mounting under the hood of an automobile, said device comprising:
a tray having a bottom surface with a front end and a back end and sides, a wall extending upward from the bottom surface and around the sides of said tray, said wall having opposite ends that terminate proximal said back end;
an opening defined between said opposite ends proximal said back end;
at least one drainage port at least partially defined by an aperture in said wall proximal said front end; and
a hollow conduit depending from said wall in fluid communication with said aperture;
a second drainage port comprising a second aperture defined in said wall and a second hollow conduit depending from said wall in fluid communication with said second aperture; and
a flange extending from said bottom surface through said opening between said ends of said wall.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein said bottom surface further comprises:
the flange extending from said bottom surface through said opening between said opposite ends of said wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein said bottom surface pitches downward from said back end to said front end.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device of claim 3, wherein said bottom surface pitches downward from said back end to said front end and towards the sides of said tray.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, further comprising:
a tube connectable to said drainage port, said tube being in fluid communication with said drainage port.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, further comprising:
a tube connectable to said hollow conduit, said tube being in fluid communication with said hollow conduit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, further comprising:
a tube connectable to said hollow conduit, said tube being in fluid communication with said hollow conduit; and
a second tube connectable to said second hollow conduit, said second tube being in fluid communication with said second hollow conduit.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7, wherein said second tube is in fluid communication with a radiator.