Pressure cap for cooling system of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10619555-B2
Application number	US-201715824296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2017
Priority date	Dec 13, 2016
Publication date	Apr 14, 2020
Grant date	Apr 14, 2020

Abstract

A pressure cap for a cooling system of a vehicle may include a reservoir fill port which is mounted at an upper portion of a reservoir in which cooling water is stored in a cooling system of the vehicle; an external cap for closing an upper end portion of the reservoir fill port; a pressure valve disposed in the reservoir fill port to allow the inside and the outside of the reservoir fill portion to fluidically-communicate with each other; a valve seal provided to allow the air to flow from the outside into the internal to the cooling system by being deformed when pressure in the internal to the cooling system is lower than a predetermined pressure; and a positive pressure spring elastically supporting the pressure valve such that the pressure valve closes the internal to the reservoir fill port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure cap apparatus for a cooling system of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a reservoir fill port which is mounted at an upper portion of a reservoir in which cooling water is stored or a radiator through which cooling water flows into a cooling system of the vehicle and is provided at a lateral side thereof with a communication port through which the cooling water or air flows;
an external cap for closing an upper end portion of the reservoir fill port;
a pressure valve disposed in the reservoir fill port to be configured for moving upwards and downwards and allow an inside and an outside of the reservoir fill port to fluidically-communicate with each other;
a valve seal provided to contact with the pressure valve and allow the air to flow from the outside into the internal to the cooling system by being deformed when pressure in the internal to the cooling system is lower than a predetermined pressure; and
a positive pressure spring elastically supporting the pressure valve such that the pressure valve closes the internal to the reservoir fill port,
wherein the reservoir fill port further includes in the inside thereof a lower body supporting a bottom surface of the pressure valve and an upper body supporting an upper end portion of the positive pressure spring and wherein the valve seal includes a flexible material and is mounted between the pressure valve and the lower body,
wherein the valve seal includes a valve seal body formed in a disk shape and disposed between the pressure valve and the lower body and wherein the valve seal body includes at least one communication hole for allowing upper and lower surfaces of the valve seal body to fluidically-communicate with each other, and
wherein the communication hole is formed in plural numbers with a predetermined angular interval therebetween along a periphery of the valve seal.

2. The pressure cap apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the lower body is provided at its center with a through hole perforating the lower body in an axial direction thereof and wherein the through hole is formed to have a diameter larger than a through hole formed in the center of the pressure valve.

3. The pressure cap apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve seal body further includes a valve seal head formed to extend upwardly from the valve seal body such that the valve seal head penetrates the pressure valve and support protrusions extending downwardly from a periphery of the valve seal head and having a lower end portion supported at one side of the pressure valve, the support protrusions being distanced from each other with an interval therebetween.

4. The pressure cap apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the valve seal head is formed in a conical shape and formed to have an upper diameter greater than a diameter of the through hole formed at the center of the pressure valve.

5. The pressure cap apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve seal is configured to be raised together with the pressure valve and allows the reservoir fill port and the communication port to fluidically-communicate with each other when the pressure in the cooling system is higher than the predetermined pressure.

6. The pressure cap apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve seal is configured to be deformed such that the valve seal body is distanced from the bottom surface of the pressure valve and allow fluidical communication from the communication port to the internal to the reservoir fill port when the pressure in the cooling system is lower than the predetermined pressure.

7. The pressure cap apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve seal includes rubber or silicon material.

8. The pressure cap apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an insert for reinforcing strength of the valve seal body is inserted into the valve seal body of the valve seal.

9. The pressure cap apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the insert includes synthetic resin or metal material.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Cha Yong-Woong
• Yun Joong-Su
• Cho Wan-Je

Classifications

• F01P11/0238 Primary

  with overpressure valves or vent valves · CPC title

• F01P11/00 Primary

  Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01P1/00 - F01P9/00 · CPC title

• F01P2011/0228

  Sealing · CPC title

• F16K17/196

  spring-loaded · CPC title

• F01P2011/0233

  Venting · CPC title