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公开(公告)号:US20200291835A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-17
申请号:US16887217
申请日:2020-05-29
Applicant: Castrol Limited
Inventor: Christopher Dawson , Steven Paul Goodier , Gary Howard , Adrian Michael Woodward
Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a dock for a replaceable fluid container for an engine, the fluid container having: a fluid reservoir; and at least one fluid port having a coupling adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system associated with the engine; the dock having: a fastening mechanism configured to cooperate with the container such that, as the container is inserted into the dock, the fastening mechanism acts first to seat the fluid container in the dock but in an undocked condition and then, as the container is inserted further into the dock, acts to bring the fluid container into an engaged condition in which the fluid container is docked with a docking interface of the dock.
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公开(公告)号:USD815169S1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-10
申请号:US29529959
申请日:2015-06-11
Applicant: Castrol Limited
Designer: Oliver Taylor , Peter Brett , Steven Goodier , Christopher Dawson , Michael Fairs
Abstract: The design is the visual features of the ENGINE OIL CELL shown in the drawings, whether those features are features of one of shape, configuration, ornament or pattern or are a combination of any of these features.Drawing of the design are included.In the drawings:Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of an ENGINE OIL CELL in accordance with said Industrial Design, in which the handle is in a down position;Fig. 2 is a front view of the ENGINE OIL CELL shown in Fig. 1;Fig. 3 is a rear view of the ENGINE OIL CELL shown in Fig. 1;Fig. 4 is a right side view of the ENGINE OIL CELL shown in Fig. 1;Fig. 5 is a left side view of the ENGINE OIL CELL shown in Fig. 1;Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the ENGINE OIL CELL shown in Fig. 1;Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the ENGINE OIL CELL shown in Fig. 1; and,Fig. 8 is a front perspective view of the ENGINE OIL CELL in accordance with the ENGINE OIL CELL shown in Fig. 1 with the handle in the up position.
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公开(公告)号:US10697336B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-30
申请号:US15312604
申请日:2015-05-21
Applicant: Castrol Limited , Christopher Dawson , Steven Paul Goodier , Gary Howard , Adrian Michael Woodward
Inventor: Christopher Dawson , Steven Paul Goodier , Gary Howard , Adrian Michael Woodward
Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a dock for a replaceable fluid container for an engine, the fluid container having: a fluid reservoir; and at least one fluid port having a coupling adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system associated with the engine; the dock having: a fastening mechanism configured to cooperate with the container such that, as the container is inserted into the dock, the fastening mechanism acts first to seat the fluid container in the dock but in an undocked condition and then, as the container is inserted further into the dock, acts to bring the fluid container into an engaged condition in which the fluid container is docked with a docking interface of the dock.
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公开(公告)号:US10690026B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-23
申请号:US16403524
申请日:2019-05-04
Applicant: Castrol Limited
Inventor: Steven Paul Goodier , Oliver Paul Taylor , Peter Stuart Brett , Mike Fairs , Piers Sebastian Harding , Christopher Dawson
Abstract: A replaceable fluid container for an engine or a vehicle, comprising: a fluid reservoir, at least one fluid port adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system; and an actuator, configured to be operated between a first condition and a second condition, wherein the actuator is configured, in the first condition, to enable the fluid container to be inserted into and/or held in a dock, in a seated but undocked condition, and inhibit docking of the fluid container to the dock; and wherein the actuator is further configured, when operated from the first condition to the second condition with the fluid container being in the seated but undocked condition, to enable the fluid container to dock in an engaged condition with the dock, associated docks and associated methods of supplying a fluid to a vehicle or an engine and of decoupling a fluid container from a fluid circulation system of a vehicle or an engine.
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公开(公告)号:US10690025B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-23
申请号:US15762419
申请日:2016-09-23
Applicant: Steven Paul Goodier , Oliver Paul Taylor , Peter Stuart Brett , Mike Fairs , Piers Sebastian Harding , Christopher Dawson , Castrol Limited
Inventor: Steven Paul Goodier , Oliver Paul Taylor , Peter Stuart Brett , Mike Fairs , Piers Sebastian Harding , Christopher Dawson
Abstract: A replaceable fluid container for an engine or a vehicle, comprising: a fluid reservoir, at least one fluid port adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system; and an actuator, configured to be operated between a first condition and a second condition, wherein the actuator is configured, in the first condition, to enable the fluid container to be inserted into and/or held in a dock, in a seated but undocked condition, and inhibit docking of the fluid container to the dock; and wherein the actuator is further configured, when operated from the first condition to the second condition with the fluid container being in the seated but undocked condition, to enable the fluid container to dock in an engaged condition with the dock, associated docks and associated methods of supplying a fluid to a vehicle or an engine and of decoupling a fluid container from a fluid circulation system of a vehicle or an engine.
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公开(公告)号:US20190257229A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-22
申请号:US16403524
申请日:2019-05-04
Applicant: Castrol Limited
Inventor: Steven Paul Goodier , Oliver Paul Taylor , Peter Stuart Brett , Mike Fairs , Piers Sebastian Harding , Christopher Dawson
IPC: F01M11/04
Abstract: A replaceable fluid container for an engine or a vehicle, comprising: a fluid reservoir, at least one fluid port adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system; and an actuator, configured to be operated between a first condition and a second condition, wherein the actuator is configured, in the first condition, to enable the fluid container to be inserted into and/or held in a dock, in a seated but undocked condition, and inhibit docking of the fluid container to the dock; and wherein the actuator is further configured, when operated from the first condition to the second condition with the fluid container being in the seated but undocked condition, to enable the fluid container to dock in an engaged condition with the dock, associated docks and associated methods of supplying a fluid to a vehicle or an engine and of decoupling a fluid container from a fluid circulation system of a vehicle or an engine.
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公开(公告)号:US20180266873A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-20
申请号:US15762432
申请日:2016-09-23
Applicant: Castrol Limited
Inventor: Steven Paul Goodier , Oliver Paul Taylor , Christopher Dawson , Ben Yeats
CPC classification number: G01F23/263 , F01M11/04 , F01M11/10 , F01M11/12 , F01M2011/0483 , F16N19/003 , F16N2250/00 , F16N2250/30 , F16N2260/04 , G01F23/0076 , G01F23/22 , G01N33/30
Abstract: Replaceable fluid containers for engines, such as those comprising at least one fluid port adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system of the engine when the replaceable container is coupled to a dock, a data provider configured to provide analog data characteristic of at least one of the fluid and the container, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert analog data from the data provider into digitized data, and an interface configured to provide the digitized data unprocessed to an interface of the dock for supply to a processor configured to process the unprocessed digitized data to provide an indication of a property of at least one of the fluid and the container, related replaceable fluid containers for engines and associated methods of determining a property of a fluid in a replaceable fluid container for an engine.
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公开(公告)号:US20180258805A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-13
申请号:US15762419
申请日:2016-09-23
Applicant: Castrol Limited
Inventor: Steven Paul Goodier , Oliver Paul Taylor , Peter Stuart Brett , Mike Fairs , Piers Sebastian Harding , Christopher Dawson
IPC: F01M11/04
Abstract: A replaceable fluid container for an engine or a vehicle, comprising: a fluid reservoir, at least one fluid port adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system; and an actuator, configured to be operated between a first condition and a second condition, wherein the actuator is configured, in the first condition, to enable the fluid container to be inserted into and/or held in a dock, in a seated but undocked condition, and inhibit docking of the fluid container to the dock; and wherein the actuator is further configured, when operated from the first condition to the second condition with the fluid container being in the seated but undocked condition, to enable the fluid container to dock in an engaged condition with the dock, associated docks and associated methods of supplying a fluid to a vehicle or an engine and of decoupling a fluid container from a fluid circulation system of a vehicle or an engine.
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公开(公告)号:US20170089235A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-30
申请号:US15312604
申请日:2015-05-21
Applicant: Christopher DAWSON , Steven Paul GOODIER , Gary HOWARD , Adrian Michael WOODWARD , Castrol Limited
Inventor: Christopher Dawson , Steven Paul Goodier , Gary Howard , Adrian Michael Woodward
Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a dock for a replaceable fluid container for an engine, the fluid container having: a fluid reservoir; and at least one fluid port having a coupling adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system associated with the engine; the dock having: a fastening mechanism configured to cooperate with the container such that, as the container is inserted into the dock, the fastening mechanism acts first to seat the fluid container in the dock but in an undocked condition and then, as the container is inserted further into the dock, acts to bring the fluid container into an engaged condition in which the fluid container is docked with a docking interface of the dock.
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公开(公告)号:US20170089234A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-30
申请号:US15312577
申请日:2015-05-21
Applicant: Christopher DAWSON , Steven Paul GOODIER , Gary HOWARD , Adrian Michael WOODWARD , Castrol Limited
Inventor: Christopher Dawson , Steven Paul Goodier , Gary Howard , Adrian Michael Woodward
CPC classification number: F01M1/10 , B01D19/0031 , F01M1/02 , F01M11/00 , F01M11/0004 , F01M13/04 , F01M2001/1071 , F01M2001/1085 , F01M2001/1092 , F01M2011/0095 , F16N39/002
Abstract: This invention relates to an oil reservoir system for an engine comprising: an oil container which includes an oil reservoir, which is in fluidic communication with an oil circulation system of an engine, a ventilated headspace and an oil filter located at the interior of said oil container. The invention also relates to a method for deaeration of an oil of an oil reservoir which is in fluidic communication with an oil circulation system of an engine. Furthermore, the invention relates to a vehicle comprising the oil reservoir system.
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