Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid drainage tool
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Application No.: US16866634Application Date: 2020-05-05
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Publication No.: US11519308B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Jakob Jonsson , Thomas Backebrant
- Applicant: Volvo Car Corporation
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
- Current Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Clements Bernard Walker
- Agent Christopher L. Bernard
- Main IPC: F01M11/04
- IPC: F01M11/04 ; B25B27/00 ; F01P11/06 ; B09B3/00 ; B09B101/02

Abstract:
A fluid drainage tool and method for utilizing the same is disclosed. The fluid drainage tool includes one or more pairs of vacuum members and a mechanical clamping mechanism. The mechanical clamping mechanism is coupled to the one or more pairs of vacuum members and is adapted to move the one or more pairs of vacuum members between an unclamped configuration and a clamped configuration. In the unclamped configuration, a gap formed by each of the one or more pairs of the vacuum members is larger than an original outer diameter of a pliable tube. In the clamped configuration, the gap is smaller than the original outer diameter of the pliable tube. In the clamped configuration, the one or more pairs of vacuum members compresses the pliable tube and generates a suction force within the pliable tube when translated along the pliable tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210348531A1 FLUID DRAINAGE TOOL Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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