IP Library Granted Patent US 11,700,699
Granted Patent B2
US 11,700,699 · App. 16/329,607 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

Ventilation member

Inventor: Youzou Yano (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
H05K5/0216H05K5/0214F21S45/30F21V31/03
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Patent No.
US 11,700,699
App. No.
16/329,607
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ventilation member is attached to a through hole of a housing. The ventilation member includes: a support body in which a ventilation path that forms a flow path for gas between the interior and the exterior of the housing; a sealing member that seals between the support body and the housing; a ventilation membrane that is provided on the ventilation path to prevent a liquid and a solid from passing through and to allow gas to pass through; and a surrounding portion that is provided to the support body and is formed with a uniform height to surround an end portion opening of the ventilation path.

Claims (15)

1. A ventilation member to be attached to a through hole of a housing, comprising:

a main body comprising a ventilation path for a gas between an interior and an exterior of the housing;

a seal that seals between the main body and the housing;

a ventilation membrane that allows passage of the gas, but prevents passage of a liquid and a solid, through the ventilation path, wherein the ventilation path is bent in a radial direction after the ventilation membrane and continues to a plurality of end openings at the main body; and

a surrounding portion that is in the main body and surrounds every end opening of the ventilation path, including the plurality of end openings, the surrounding portion having a uniform height.

2. The ventilation member according to claim 1 , wherein the surrounding portion protrudes beyond the end opening.

3. The ventilation member according to claim 1 , wherein the main body includes a connection portion that reduces load applied to the seal when the end opening is closed.

4. The ventilation member according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of end openings faces toward a direction that intersects an attachment surface in the housing for attaching the ventilation member.

5. The ventilation member according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of end openings faces toward a direction along an attachment surface in the housing for attaching the ventilation member.

6. The ventilation member according to claim 1 , wherein

the seal includes an opening inside the seal, and

at least a part of the ventilation membrane is inside the opening.

7. The ventilation member according to claim 6 , wherein the ventilation membrane is within a range of a width region of the seal in a direction that intersects an attachment surface of the housing for attaching the ventilation member.

8. The ventilation member according to claim 6 , wherein the seal is within a range of a width region of the main body in a direction that intersects an attachment surface of the housing for the ventilation member.

9. The ventilation member according to claim 7 , wherein the seal is within a range of a width region of the main body in a direction that intersects the attachment surface of the housing for the ventilation member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2019
From: YANO, YOUZOU
To: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048470/0908 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-168486 · Aug 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190219246A1 · Jul 18, 2019
Cited By (2)
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