IP Library Granted Patent US 12697577
Granted Patent B2
US 12697577 · App. 18/271,116 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Air dryer device and air treatment device

Inventors: Tibor Olah (Kecskemet, HU); Zoltan Laszlo Toth (Kiskunfelegyhaza, HU); Zoltan Tormasi (Kecskemet, HU); Peter Sajben (Helvecia, HU)
Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
B01D53/0446B01D53/0415B01D53/261B01D2257/80B01D2259/40003B01D2259/40086B01D2259/4566B60T17/004
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Patent No.
US 12697577
App. No.
18/271,116
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air dryer device for an air treatment device for a utility vehicle includes at least one housing forming at least one accommodation chamber for accommodating at least one desiccant container. The housing has at least one housing socket arranged, in a mounted state, at a bottom region of the housing; at least one first connection device and at least one second connection device, wherein the first and second connection device, via the desiccant container, are connectable during at least one load phase and/or during at least one regeneration phase of the air dryer device; at least one regeneration conduit for connecting the first connection device with the second connection device during the regeneration phase; and at least one first control valve arranged and configured for opening or closing the regeneration conduit, especially wherein the first control valve is arranged at the housing socket.

Claims (33)

1 . An air dryer device for an air treatment device of a utility vehicle, comprising:

at least one housing forming at least one accommodation chamber for accommodating at least one desiccant container, wherein the housing comprises:

at least one housing socket arranged, in a mounted state, at a bottom region of the housing,

at least one first connection device and at least one second connection device, wherein the first and second connection devices, via the desiccant container, are connectable during at least one load phase and/or during at least one regeneration phase of the air dryer device, the second connection device being formed by a housing connection portion that is arranged radially around the first connection device;

at least one regeneration conduit for connecting the first connection device with the second connection device during the regeneration phase; and

at least one first control valve arranged and configured for opening or closing the regeneration conduit, wherein

the first control valve is formed by at least one first check valve,

the first check valve is formed by at least one valve housing portion of the housing and by at least one valve body of the first check valve,

the valve body is formed as an integral elastic valve body, and

the at least one valve housing portion protrudes from the at least one housing socket in a direction opposite to the desiccant container.

2 . The air dryer device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises:

at least one second check valve arranged and configured for opening or closing the regeneration conduit.

3 . The air dryer device according to claim 2 , wherein the housing further comprises:

at least one third check valve arranged and configured for opening or closing the regeneration conduit.

4 . The air dryer device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first check valve, the second check valve and/or the third check valve are arranged at the housing socket.

5 . The air dryer device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first check valve, a second check valve and/or a third check valve are arranged at the housing socket.

6 . The air dryer device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first check valve, the second check valve and/or a third check valve are arranged at the housing socket.

7 . The air dryer device according to claim 4 , wherein

the first check valve, the second check valve, and the third check valve are radially symmetrically or radially asymmetrically arranged with regard to a longitudinal axis of the air dryer device.

8 . The air dryer device according to claim 1 , wherein

the valve body comprises at least one membrane portion with at least one radial sealing lip and/or comprises at least one axial sealing portion.

9 . The air dryer device according to claim 1 , wherein

the valve body comprises at least one elastically compressible and expandable fixing portion.

10 . The air dryer device according to claim 2 , wherein

the second check valve is formed in the same manner as the first check valve.

11 . The air dryer device according to claim 3 , wherein

the third check valve is formed in the same manner as the first check valve.

12 . The air dryer device according to claim 1 , wherein

the air dryer device is formed as an air dryer cartridge.

13 . An air treatment device for a vehicle comprising at least one air dryer device according to claim 1 .