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Granted Patent B2
US 11,420,515 · App. 16/609,829 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Ventilation flow rate regulator for a pressurized vehicle tank

Inventor: Tae-Gwon Kim (Troy, MI)
Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
B60K15/03519F15D1/025B60K2015/03296B60K2015/03523B60K2015/03576F16K17/30
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Patent No.
US 11,420,515
App. No.
16/609,829
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a ventilation flow rate regulator ( 1 ) for a pressurized vehicle tank ( 4 ), which comprises a plunger ( 10 ) adapted to be mounted in a ventilation line ( 7 ). The plunger ( 10 ) has at least one peripheral orifice ( 111 ) and at least one non-central internal orifice ( 112 ) which is closer to an axis of symmetry (A) of the plunger ( 10 than the peripheral orifice ( 111 ). The non-central internal orifice ( 112 ) has a section perpendicular to the axis of symmetry (A) which is smaller than any section of the peripheral orifice ( 111 ) perpendicular to the axis of symmetry (A).

Claims (18)

1. A ventilation flow rate regulator,

the ventilation flow rate regulator comprising a plunger adapted to be mounted in a ventilation line,

the plunger having at least one peripheral orifice and at least one non-central internal orifice which is closer to an axis of symmetry of the plunger than the peripheral orifice,

the non-central internal orifice having a section perpendicular to the axis of symmetry which is smaller than any section of the peripheral orifice perpendicular to the axis of symmetry,

wherein the plunger comprises a first cylinder of revolution, a second cylinder of revolution and a third cylinder of revolution which are all cylinders of revolution about the axis of symmetry, the second cylinder of revolution having a smaller radius than a radius of the first cylinder of revolution and the third cylinder of revolution having a smaller radius than a radius of the second cylinder of revolution, wherein the third cylinder of revolution projects from the second cylinder of revolution along the axis of symmetry,

wherein the second cylinder of revolution projects from the first cylinder of revolution along the axis of symmetry and is adapted to abut against an abutment of the ventilation line so that the flow can only flow through the non-central internal orifice.

2. The ventilation flow rate regulator according to claim 1 , wherein the plunger comprises at least two non-central internal orifices.

3. The ventilation flow rate regulator according to claim 2 , wherein the non-central internal orifices are mutually symmetrical with respect to the axis of symmetry.

4. The ventilation flow rate regulator according to claim 1 , wherein the plunger comprises a plurality of peripheral orifices.

5. A ventilation system comprising the ventilation line and the ventilation flow rate regulator according to claim 1 .

6. The ventilation system according to claim 5 , wherein the ventilation line has an abutment and the plunger is adapted to abut against the abutment when a flow rate of gas leaving the tank rises above a predetermined threshold, so that gas leaving the tank can only flow from a portion of the ventilation line upstream of the ventilation flow rate regulator, by reference to a direction of gas leaving the tank, to a portion of the ventilation line downstream of the ventilation flow rate regulator, by reference to the direction of gas leaving the tank, through the non-central internal orifices.

7. The ventilation system according to claim 5 , comprising at least one ventilation valve, wherein the ventilation flow rate regulator is arranged downstream of the ventilation valve, by reference to a direction of gas leaving the tank.

8. A pressurized vehicle tank, equipped with the ventilation flow rate regulator according to claim 1 .

9. The ventilation flow rate regulator according to claim 1 , wherein the plunger comprises eight peripheral orifices.

10. The ventilation system according to claim 6 , comprising at least one ventilation valve, wherein the ventilation flow rate regulator is arranged downstream of the ventilation valve, by reference to a direction of gas leaving the tank.

11. A pressurized vehicle tank, equipped with the ventilation system according to claim 5 .

12. The ventilation system according to claim 6 , wherein the second cylinder of revolution of said plunger abuts the abutment.

13. The ventilation system according to claim 12 , wherein the third cylinder of revolution of said plunger projects into the ventilation line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2019
From: KIM, TAE-GWON
To: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH
Reel/Frame 051033/0376 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62526740 · Jun 29, 2017
Related Publication 20200114755A1 · Apr 16, 2020