Driving pressure adjusting valve device for fuel cell system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10873095-B2
Application number	US-201816144248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2018
Priority date	Apr 18, 2018
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

A valve device includes: a valve housing having a valve passage connected with an air flow passage; a valve disk rotatably disposed inside the valve housing through a valve driver and changing air flow cross-section of the valve passage; and a porous member installed at the valve disk and positioned in an open section between the valve disk and the valve passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A valve device, comprising:
a valve housing having a valve passage connected with an air flow passage of an exhaust system;
a valve disk rotatably disposed to be spaced apart from the valve passage inside the valve housing through a valve driver and adjusting an air flow cross-section of the valve passage; and
a porous member attached to the valve disk and disposed in an open section between the valve disk and the valve passage,
wherein the porous member includes a mesh foam having a predetermined porosity.

2. The valve device of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust system releases an air exhausted from a humidifier of a fuel cell system to atmosphere.

3. The valve device of claim 2 , wherein the valve device changes the air flow cross-section of the valve passage through the valve disk and adjusts a pressure of a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell system.

4. The valve device of claim 1 , wherein the valve disk is tilted around a valve shaft, which is connected with the valve driver, has a flap disk shape and changes the air flow cross-section of the valve passage.

5. The valve device of claim 1 , wherein the porous member is attached to one surface of the valve disk corresponding to an opening end of the valve passage.

6. The valve device of claim 1 , wherein the valve disk includes open sections, each of which having a different area from each other with respect to the valve passage, and
wherein the porous member has a porosity in an open section having a smallest area among the open sections different from porosities of the remaining opening sections.

7. The valve device of claim 6 , wherein the porous member has a porosity of being getting smaller as an area of each of the open sections becomes larger.

8. A valve device, comprising:
a valve housing having a valve passage connected with an air flow passage;
a valve disk rotatably installed at the valve housing through a valve driver and changing air flow cross-section of the valve passage;
a porous member installed at the valve disk and positioned in an open section between the valve disk and the valve passage; and
a mesh plate installed at the valve passage and supporting the porous member,
wherein the porous member is provided to be compressed and restored by rotation of the valve disk between the valve disk and the mesh plate.

9. The valve device of claim 8 , wherein the porous member is compressed by the valve disk in a state of being supported by the mesh plate, and a porosity changes according to a degree of compression.

10. A valve device, comprising:
a valve housing provided with a valve passage connected with an air flow passage of an exhaust system;
a valve disk rotatably disposed inside the valve housing through a valve driver and adjusting an air flow cross-section of the valve passage;
a mesh plate installed at the valve passage and supporting the porous member; and
a porous member attached to one side of the mesh plate corresponding to the valve disk and disposed in an open section between the valve disk and the valve passage,
wherein the valve disk compresses and restores the porous member by rotation of the valve disk between the valve disk and the mesh plate.

11. The valve device of claim 10 , wherein the porous member is compressed by the valve disk in a state of being supported by the valve disk, and a porosity changes according to a degree of compression.

12. The valve device of claim 8 , wherein the porous member includes a mesh foam.

13. The valve device of claim 10 , wherein the porous member includes a mesh foam.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Park Jeong Hee
• Lee Byeong Seung
• Ha Kyoung Ku
• Kim Hyunyoo

Classifications

• H01M8/04126

  Humidifying · CPC title

• H01M8/04089

  of gaseous reactants · CPC title

• F16K47/045

  and the closure member being rotatable · CPC title

• F16K31/043

  characterised by mechanical means between the motor and the valve, e.g. lost motion means reducing backlash, clutches, brakes or return means · CPC title

• F16K27/0209

  Check valves or pivoted valves · CPC title