IP Library Granted Patent US 12,326,213
Granted Patent B2
US 12,326,213 · App. 17/999,651 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Fluid check piping and electric power apparatus

Inventor: Satoshi Hasumi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATION
F16L55/00F16L2201/40
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Patent No.
US 12,326,213
App. No.
17/999,651
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid check piping of an embodiment includes a piping main body, a check window, and a check plate. The piping main body is arranged along a horizontal direction, and a fluid flows through an inside of the piping main body. The check window is provided on an upper portion of a circumferential wall of the piping main body, and the inside of the piping main body is capable of being viewed from an outside of the piping main body. The check plate is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the piping main body, is rotatably arranged side-by-side with the check window, droops by its own weight, and rises so as to block the check window in response to a pressure of the fluid.

Claims (12)

1. An electric power apparatus, comprising:

a fluid check piping;

an apparatus housing in which the fluid check piping is provided;

an electrical equipment accommodated in the apparatus housing; and

a refrigerant piping that is provided in the apparatus housing and cools the electrical equipment using a liquid refrigerant,

wherein the fluid check piping comprises:

a piping main body which is arranged along a horizontal direction and in which the liquid refrigerant flows through an inside of the piping main body;

a check window which is provided on an upper portion of a circumferential wall of the piping main body and through which an inside of the piping main body is capable of being viewed from an outside of the piping main body; and

a check plate that is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the piping main body, that is rotatably arranged side-by-side with the check window, that droops by its own weight, and that rises so as to block the check window in response to a pressure of the liquid refrigerant, and

the fluid check piping is connected to at least any one of an inlet of the refrigerant piping in which the liquid refrigerant flows and an outlet from which the liquid refrigerant is discharged.

2. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a color of at least one surface of the check plate on a side of the check window is different from a color of the piping main body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067476/0956 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2022
From: HASUMI, SATOSHI
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061856/0347 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240337341A1 · Oct 10, 2024
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