Patent ID: 8671977
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: B60S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A container assembly for windshield or headlight washing fluid in a vehicle, comprising in combination: an elongated tubular hollow structure demarcated by a wall with a plurality of asymmetric accordion folds, said asymmetric accordion folds being configured to arrange the tubular hollow structure in a stable retracted position and in a flexible extended position, and is able to contain an operational amount of windshield or headlight washing fluid; a filling opening located at an inlet end portion of the hollow structure; securing means for securing said inlet end portion and at least one section of the hollow structure located between said filling opening and a distal end to said engine compartment in an installation area; and at least one pump associated with said hollow structure and suitable for transferring contained fluid to a service point, wherein said folds are asymmetric and said asymmetric accordion folds being configured to make the tubular hollow structure able to be arranged in a stable retracted position and in a flexible extended position, and wherein said hollow structure further comprises an outlet port located at a distal outlet end portion of the hollow structure of said filling opening, a pump support joined to said outlet end portion being included and adapted to support a motor-driven pump such that a suction inlet of said motor-driven pump is communicated with said outlet port, the pump support comprising a cavity or receptacle in which the outlet port of the hollow structure ends, said suction inlet of the motor-driven pump being connected to an outlet of said receptacle.