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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
May. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Christian Berta, Calw, DE;
Helmut Gocht, Moensheim, DE;
Inventors:
Christian Berta, Calw, DE;
Helmut Gocht, Moensheim, DE;
Assignee:
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A service unit for use in replenishing and/or maintaining service fluids in a vehicle has a unit, such as a driving engine, with at least one service element, such as fill nozzles, and a collecting pan that at least partially encompasses the service element. To ensure the convenient replenishment or maintenance of service fluids, a protective drip cover is attached to the collecting pan. The protective drip cover can be shifted from a non-deployed position to a protective position, in which it projects at least partially beyond the collecting pan.