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Granted Patent B2
US 11,226,044 · App. 16/608,279 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Ventilation unit

Inventors: Yusuke Nakayama (Ibaraki, JP); Youzou Yano (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
F16K7/17F16K17/02H01M50/317H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,226,044
App. No.
16/608,279
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The ventilation unit includes: an explosion-proof valve that permits gas to flow from the inside of a housing to the outside of the housing when internal pressure within the housing is higher than external pressure outside the housing by a value larger than or equal to a predetermined value, and is capable of returning to block the flow of the gas from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing; and a ventilation membrane that permits gas to flow between the inside and the outside of the housing even when a pressure difference between the internal pressure and the external pressure is less than the predetermined value.

Claims (25)

1. A ventilation unit comprising:

a first ventilation body that permits gas to flow from an inside of a housing to an outside of the housing when internal pressure, which is pressure inside the housing, is higher than external pressure, which is pressure outside the housing, by a value not less than a predetermined value, and is capable of returning to block flow of the gas from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing; and

a second ventilation body that permits gas to flow between the inside of the housing and the outside of the housing even when a pressure difference between the internal pressure and the external pressure is less than the predetermined value.

2. The ventilation unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a support member that supports the first ventilation body and the second ventilation body.

3. The ventilation unit according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a holding member that holds the support member, and is attached to the housing.

4. The ventilation unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second ventilation body prevents a liquid and a solid from penetrating into the inside of the housing from the outside of the housing.

5. The ventilation unit according to claim 2 , wherein the second ventilation body prevents a liquid and a solid from penetrating into the inside of the housing from the outside of the housing.

6. The ventilation unit according to claim 3 , wherein the second ventilation body prevents a liquid and a solid from penetrating into the inside of the housing from the outside of the housing.

7. A ventilation unit comprising:

a first ventilation body that closes a first flow path when a pressure difference between internal pressure, which is pressure inside a housing, and external pressure, which is pressure outside the housing, is a value less than a predetermined value, and is elastically deformed to open the first flow path when the internal pressure is higher than the external pressure by a value not less than the predetermined value; and

a second ventilation body that is provided to a second flow path and permits gas to flow between the inside of the housing and the outside of the housing via the second flow path even when the pressure difference between the internal pressure and the external pressure is less than the predetermined value.

8. The ventilation unit according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a support member that supports the first ventilation body and the second ventilation body.

9. The ventilation unit according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a holding member that holds the support member, and is attached to the housing.

10. The ventilation unit according to claim 9 , wherein

the support member is attached to the holding member by being inserted into the holding member,

the second ventilation body is fastened to the support member, and

the first ventilation body is sandwiched between the support member and the holding member.

11. The ventilation unit according to claim 10 , wherein

the holding member comprises a butted portion, against which a jig used in inserting the support member into the holding member is butted, and

a position of the support member with respect to the holding member is determined by inserting the support member into the holding member until the jig is butted against the butted portion.

12. The ventilation unit according to claim 9 , wherein the first ventilation body closes the first flow path by contacting the holding member, and opens the first flow path by separating from the holding member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2019
From: NAKAYAMA, YUSUKE; YANO, YOUZOU
To: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050823/0834 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-089673 · Apr 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200340592A1 · Oct 29, 2020
Cited By (1)
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