IP Library Granted Patent US 12686479
Granted Patent B2
US 12686479 · App. 18/128,281 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus and marine vessel propulsion machine

Inventor: Norikazu Kawai (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B63H20/002
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12686479
App. No.
18/128,281
Filed
Mar 30, 2023
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3615
USPC
440/88R
Abstract

A marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus includes a first ventilation film ( 31 ), a second ventilation film ( 35 ), and an air chamber ( 27 ). The first ventilation film ( 31 ) permits passing of a gas, prevents passing of a liquid, and has one film surface facing the outside. The second ventilation film ( 35 ) permits passing of a gas, prevents passing of a liquid, and has one film surface facing the inside of a device accommodation case ( 19 ). Another film surface of each of the first ventilation film ( 31 ) and the second ventilation film ( 35 ) faces the air chamber ( 27 ).

Claims (42)

1 . A marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus, comprising:

a first ventilation film that permits passing of a gas, prevents passing of a liquid, and has a first film surface which is one side of film surface facing an outside;

a second ventilation film that permits passing of a gas, prevents passing of a liquid, and has a second film surface which is one side of film surface facing an inside of a device accommodation case; and

an air chamber which a third film surface which is an other side of film surface of the first ventilation film and a fourth film surface which is an other side of film surface of the second ventilation film face.

2 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first ventilation film and the second ventilation film are arranged at positions that do not overlap each other in a top view.

3 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein an outside water capture portion having a bottom surface that is at a lower position than an arrangement position of each of the first ventilation film and the second ventilation film is provided inside the air chamber.

4 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first ventilation film is located at a higher position than the second ventilation film, and a vapor-liquid separation structure is provided between the outside water capture portion and the second ventilation film.

5 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the vapor-liquid separation structure is constituted of a labyrinth pathway in which a passage from the outside water capture portion to the second ventilation film meanders in an upward-downward direction.

6 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein an outside water regulation wall that regulates an inflow of an outside water toward the first ventilation film from a circumference outside of the first ventilation film is arranged in a circumference region of a side that faces the outside of the first ventilation film.

7 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein an oil regulation wall that regulates an inflow of oil in the device accommodation case toward the second ventilation film from a circumference outside of the second ventilation film is arranged in a circumference region of a side that faces the inside of the device accommodation case of the second ventilation film.

8 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first ventilation film is arranged in an attitude in which the film surface is along a vertical direction or in an attitude inclined relative to a horizontal plane.

9 . A marine vessel propulsion machine, comprising:

a propulsion mechanism that propels a marine vessel;

a device accommodation case that accommodates at least part of the propulsion mechanism in an inside of the device accommodation case, at least part of the device accommodation case being submerged in an outside water; and

a ventilation apparatus that permits a flow of air between the inside of the device accommodation case and an outside,

wherein the ventilation apparatus comprises:

a first ventilation film that permits passing of a gas, prevents passing of a liquid, and has a first film surface which is one side of film surface facing an outside;

a second ventilation film that permits passing of a gas, prevents passing of a liquid, and has a second film surface which is one side of film surface facing the inside of the device accommodation case; and

an air chamber which a third film surface which is an other side of another film surface of the first ventilation film and a fourth film surface which is an other side of film surface of the second ventilation film face.

10 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first ventilation film comprises a resin porous film.

11 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first ventilation film comprises polytetrafluoroethylene.

12 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second ventilation film comprises a resin porous film.

13 . The marine vessel propulsion machine ventilation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second ventilation film comprises polytetrafluoroethylene.

14 . The marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first ventilation film comprises a resin porous film.

15 . The marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first ventilation film comprises polytetrafluoroethylene.

16 . The marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second ventilation film comprises a resin porous film.

17 . The marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second ventilation film comprises polytetrafluoroethylene.