Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Replaceable fluid container
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Application No.: US14443622Application Date: 2013-11-19
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Publication No.: US09878822B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Andrew Philip Barnes , Peter Stuart Brett , Steven Paul Goodier , Piers Sebastian Harding , Gary Keith Jepps , Mark O'Malley , Thomas James McPherson
- Applicant: CASTROL LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Reading
- Assignee: Castrol Limited
- Current Assignee: Castrol Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Reading
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Priority: EP12193246 20121119; EP13157219 20130228; EP13157220 20130228; EP13157223 20130228
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/074207 WO 20131119
- International Announcement: WO2014/076318 WO 20140522
- Main IPC: B65D25/38
- IPC: B65D25/38 ; F01M1/04 ; B65D25/20 ; H02K9/193 ; F01M11/04

Abstract:
A replaceable fluid container for a vehicle, the container comprising: a housing comprising a fluid reservoir; an outlet port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with a fluid system of the vehicle for supplying fluid from the reservoir to the vehicle; an inlet port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir for receiving fluid from the engine to the reservoir; and a vent port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir for allowing gas to be passed into and out from the reservoir, wherein the inlet, outlet and vent ports are arranged on a common end of the housing and are arranged such that the distance between the vent port and the nearest of the inlet port and outlet port is greater than the distance between the inlet port and the outlet port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150291318A1 Replaceable Fluid Container Public/Granted day:2015-10-15
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