Patent ID: 7779862
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: B62D,F15B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reservoir assembly for retaining a fluid, said assembly comprising: a body having a base and plurality of interconnected external side walls extending from said base for defining a cavity; an inlet port fluidly connected to said body for allowing the fluid to enter said cavity; an outlet port fluidly connected to said body for allowing the fluid to exit said cavity; a baffle disposed within said cavity with said baffle having a top surface and a plurality of walls extending from said top surface, said plurality of walls of said baffle including a continuous peripheral wall substantially conforming to said external side walls and extending to said base of said body for preventing air from entering a portion of said cavity and including an interior wall substantially conforming to at least a portion of an inner partition wall and extending to said base for preventing air from passing between said compartments; said base including said inner partition wall extending upwardly from said base toward said baffle for dividing said cavity into at least a first compartment and a second compartment; and said base including an interior leg extending upwardly from said base toward said baffle in spaced relationship with at least a portion of said inner partition wall for defining a first channel for receiving said interior wall of said baffle to further prevent air from passing between said compartments.