US 11,912,245 B2
Device for distributing washer fluid in vehicle
Jong Min Park, Seoul (KR); Nak Kyoung Kong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Seung Sik Han, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ki Hong Lee, Seoul (KR); and Jong Wook Lee, Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR); and DY Auto Corporation, Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR); and DY AUTO Corporation, Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/094,015.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0066915 (KR), filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380074 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B60S 1/48 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/481 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for distributing washer fluid in a vehicle, the device comprising:
a case including one or more discharge holes;
a pipe assembly moved along the case and configured to discharge a washer fluid to the one or more discharge holes;
a motor assembly configured to apply a driving force to allow the pipe assembly to be moved along the case;
a hose engaged with the pipe assembly and integrally moved with the pipe assembly along the case; and
a controller configured to control the driving force of the motor assembly in response to a cleaning request such that the pipe assembly discharges the washer fluid through a selected discharge hole,
wherein in an initial state, the pipe assembly is provided at a position corresponding to a central discharge hole among the one or more discharge holes.