发明名称 Fluid management system
摘要 A fluid management system and a method for managing fluid include a removable cartridge, a fluid reservoir, a fluid exchange pump, and a conduit. The conduit provides fluid communication between the removable cartridge and the fluid reservoir. The fluid exchange pump transfers a first fluid from the fluid reservoir to the removable cartridge in a first direction, and permits a flow of a second fluid from the removable cartridge to the fluid reservoir in a second direction.
申请公布号 US9528405(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.12.27
申请号 US201514820586 申请日期 2015.08.07
申请人 Miller Timothy E. 发明人 Miller Timothy E.
分类号 F16K24/00;F01M11/04;G05D7/06;B01D35/02;F16H57/04 主分类号 F16K24/00
代理机构 Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC 代理人 Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC ;Ward Jacob M.
主权项 1. A fluid management system for a vehicle, comprising: a removable cartridge configured to hold one of a first fluid and a second fluid, the removable cartridge in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir via a conduit, a first end of the conduit in fluid communication with the removable cartridge, and a second end of the conduit in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, the conduit also in fluid communication with a fluid exchange pump, wherein the removable cartridge includes a plug disposed inside of a filter within the removable cartridge and configured to selectively seal and unseal the first end of the conduit when the removable cartridge is in fluid communication with the conduit, the first fluid selectively transferable from the fluid reservoir through the conduit to the removable cartridge by an actuation of the fluid exchange pump, and the second fluid selectively permitted to flow from the removable cartridge through the conduit to the fluid reservoir, wherein the plug has a raised portion configured to cooperate with an interior of the conduit, and the plug is coupled to a plug handle with an elongate member, wherein the plug is adjacent a bottom of the removable cartridge and the plug handle is adjacent a top of the removable cartridge, and wherein the plug includes a cup having a diameter greater than a diameter of the conduit, a first polymeric seal disposed inside of the cup and defining the raised portion of the plug, the cup coupled to the elongate member.
地址 Wauseon OH US