IP Library Granted Patent US 12,308,560
Granted Patent B2
US 12,308,560 · App. 17/758,507 · Granted May 20, 2025

Hermetic terminal and tank valve device including same

Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto (Kobe, JP); Michihiko Tokuda (Kobe, JP); Makoto Ninomiya (Kobe, JP); Yoshiteru Fujimoto (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01R13/5202F16J13/12F16K31/06H01R9/16H01R13/521
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Patent No.
US 12,308,560
App. No.
17/758,507
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hermetic terminal including a base made of a synthetic resin having a large-diameter part, designed to be attached to a hole part that connects to each of a low-pressure region and a high-pressure region, at least one electrode inserted through the base, and a seal member designed to be externally mounted on the base in a location closer to the high-pressure region than the large-diameter part, the large-diameter part having a parting line on an outer circumferential face thereof.

Claims (29)

1. A hermetic terminal comprising:

a base made of a synthetic resin having a mounting face and a large-diameter part, designed to be attached to a hole part that connects to each of a low-pressure region and a high-pressure region;

at least one electrode inserted through the base; and

a seal member designed to be externally mounted on the mounting face of the base in a location closer to the high-pressure region than the large-diameter part,

the large-diameter part having a parting line on an outer circumferential face thereof, and

the parting line not being formed on the mounting face.

2. The hermetic terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the base has a contact face on a low-pressure region side of the large-diameter part, and the contact face is seated on a seating face formed in the hole part, and

the contact face has a gap with a most reduced diameter part of the seating face.

3. The hermetic terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a reinforcing member having a higher strength than the base and insulating property, wherein

the reinforcing member is attached to a part on a low-pressure region side of the base, and the base is seated on a seating face of the hole part via the reinforcing member.

4. The hermetic terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulator made of a synthetic resin having insulating property, wherein

the electrode has at least a projecting part projecting from the base,

the base is integrally formed around the electrode, and

the insulator is fitted with the projecting part of the electrode.

5. A tank valve device, designed to be provided for a pressure container, the tank valve device comprising:

the hermetic terminal according to claim 1 ;

a casing designed to be attached to the pressure container; and

an electrical component designed to be attached to the casing such that the electrical component is located inside the pressure container which is a high-pressure region side.

6. A hermetic terminal comprising:

a base made of a synthetic resin, designed to be fitted into a hole part that connects to each of a low-pressure region and a high-pressure region; and

at least one electrode inserted through the base,

the base having a base part, and a seat face formed on a low-pressure region side of the base part,

the base part having a parting line,

the seat face having no parting line and being pushed against a seating face formed in the hole part to keep hermeticity of the high-pressure region with respect to the low-pressure region.

7. The hermetic terminal according to claim 6 , further comprising a biasing member that biases the base to push the seat face against the seating face.

8. The hermetic terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the base has a deforming part on a high-pressure region side, and the base is pushed until the deforming part deforms so as to seat the seat face on the seating face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2022
From: OKAMOTO, MASAYOSHI; TOKUDA, MICHIHIKO; NINOMIYA, MAKOTO; FUJIMOTO, YOSHITERU
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060640/0750 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-002520 · Jan 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230049795A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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