Patent ID: 9528405
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B01D,F01M,F16H,F16K,G05D,Y10T

Claim Text:
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.