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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2018
Castrol Limited, Pangbourne, Reading, GB;
Andrew Philip Barnes, Norfolk, GB;
Peter Stuart Brett, Berkshire, GB;
Steven Paul Goodier, Oxfordshire, GB;
Piers Sebastian Harding, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Gary Keith Jepps, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Mark O'Malley, Suffolk, GB;
Thomas James McPherson, Cambridge, GB;
Castrol Limited, Reading, GB;
Abstract
A replaceable fluid container for a vehicle, the container comprising: a housing comprising a fluid reservoir; an outlet port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir in fluidic communication with a fluid system of the vehicle for supplying fluid from the reservoir to the vehicle; an inlet port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir for receiving fluid from the engine to the reservoir; and a vent port arranged on the housing to couple the reservoir for allowing gas to be passed into and out from the reservoir, wherein the inlet, outlet and vent ports are arranged on a common end of the housing and are arranged such that the distance between the vent port and the nearest of the inlet port and outlet port is greater than the distance between the inlet port and the outlet port.