Patent ID: 6550591
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A reservoir apparatus for supplying a working fluid to a master cylinder comprising an auxiliary reservoir locate proximate to said master cylinder, and a main reservoir located more away from said master cylinder than said auxiliary reservoir, said main reservoir having an inlet opening for feeding a hydraulic fluid and connected to said auxiliary reservoir through a piping, wherein said auxiliary reservoir includes a container main body defining therein a reservoir space for containing a working fluid, and a connecting pipe which is integral with said container main body and runs diagonally with respect to a height direction thereof, one end of which is an opening portion which is open at an uppermost part of said reservoir space and other end portion of which is protruded from said container main body and serves as a connecting portion for said piping, said connecting pipe is provided at said opening portion with recessed portion and/or a protruded portion preventing the working fluid from forming a film which covers said opening portion when air stayed within said reservoir space is replaced with the working fluid and wherein said container main body is more protuberated at a part of a wall portion thereof than the rest portion, only said protuberated portion includes a protuberant portion for enlarging said reservoir space, said protuberant portion is gradually slanted upward from one side thereof towards the other side, and said opening portion is located at the higher side of said slanted portion of said protuberant portion.