Patent ID: 8813560
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle hydraulic brake system fluid reservoir for use with an electronic control unit, the fluid reservoir comprising: a housing comprising a reservoir interior space with at least one fluid chamber; and a device for monitoring a reservoir filling level comprising a switch unit, which with a carrier projects into a guide sleeve, which extends into a separate chamber of the reservoir interior space, a sensor element or switch element arranged on the carrier being operable by a pickup carried on the guide sleeve at a switching point, at which the switch unit generates a signal for the electronic control unit, and the separate chamber being connected to the fluid chamber by way of a fluid connection, wherein valve means are provided, which serve to control the fluid flow between the separate chamber and the fluid chamber, and wherein the fluid connection is embodied as a gap opening of a chamber wall in the area of a reservoir base and the valve means are arranged on the reservoir base at a predefined distance from the gap opening.