Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for heating washer liquid
- Patent Title (中): 用于加热洗涤液的装置
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Application No.: US12956379Application Date: 2010-11-30
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Publication No.: US08820334B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Hyun Joong Pyun
- Applicant: Hyun Joong Pyun
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: KR10-2010-0084903 20100831
- Main IPC: B60S1/48
- IPC: B60S1/48 ; B60H1/00 ; B60H1/22

Abstract:
An apparatus for heating washer liquid, may include a PTC (“Positive Temperature Coefficient”) heater provided in an air conditioning system of a vehicle, a subsidiary washer tank connected to a washer tank of the vehicle, and divided into a non-heated washer-liquid storage space for storing non-heated washer liquid received from the washer tank and a heated washer-liquid storage space for storing washer liquid which may be heated, a washer liquid circulation pump provided on the subsidiary washer tank, feeding the non-heated washer liquid into the PTC heater, and recovering the heated washer liquid to the heated washer-liquid storage space of the subsidiary washer tank, a washer liquid heating pipe fluid-connected to the washer liquid circulation pump and provided to pass through a heat radiation fin of the PTC heater so that the non-heated washer liquid fed by the washer liquid circulation pump may be selectively heated by the heat radiation fin provided in the PTC heater, and a washer liquid spray pump feeding the heated washer liquid, which may be stored in the heated washer-liquid storage space, to a spray nozzle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120048309A1 Apparatus for Heating Washer Liquid Public/Granted day:2012-03-01
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