Gas venting pipe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10969046-B2
Application number	US-201616308273-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2016
Priority date	Jun 9, 2016
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a gas venting pipe ( 10 ) for a vehicle ( 100 ) having a forward tiltable cab, which gas venting pipe comprises: a first pipe section ( 12 ) mountable to a chassis of the vehicle; a second pipe section ( 14 ) mountable to a rear wall of the forward tiltable cab of the vehicle; and a flexible magnet connection ( 16 ) adapted to releasably interconnect the first and second pipe sections. The present invention also relates to a liquefied gas driven vehicle ( 100 ) comprising a gas venting pipe, and to a method of venting gas from a liquefied gas driven vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas venting pipe for a vehicle having a forward tiltable cab, which gas venting pipe comprises:
a first pipe section mountable to a chassis of the vehicle;
a second pipe section mountable to a rear wall of the forward tiltable cab of the vehicle; and
a flexible magnet connection adapted to releasably interconnect the first and second pipe sections,
wherein the flexible magnet connection comprises a male end part joined with the first pipe section via a flexible pipe portion, a female end part attached to or integrally formed with the second pipe section, in which female end part the male end part at least partly fits, and magnetic means for holding the first and second pipe sections together, wherein the female end part is cone-shaped to form a mouth part which is wider than a maximum outer width of the male end part, wherein the magnetic means comprises a first magnet arranged in an annular recess at a tip of the male end part, and a second magnet arranged in an annular recess at a bottom of the female end part, wherein the male and female endparts each have an inner conduit, and wherein the diameter of the inner conduit of the female end part is greater than the diameter of the inner conduit of the male end part.

2. The gas venting pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the first pipe section is rigid.

3. The gas venting pipe according to claim 2 , wherein the flexible pipe portion comprises a tube of braided steel wires.

4. The gas venting pipe according to claim 2 , wherein the male and female end parts each have an inner conduit, and wherein the diameter of the inner conduit of the female end part is greater than the diameter of the inner conduit of the male end part.

5. The gas venting pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible pipe portion comprises a tube of braided steel wires.

6. The gas venting pipe according to claim 5 , wherein the male and female end parts each has an inner conduit, and wherein the diameter of the inner conduit of the female end part is greater than the diameter of the inner conduit of the male end part.

7. A liquefied gas driven vehicle, comprising:
an engine;
a fuel tank adapted to contain liquefied gas;
a chassis;
a forward tiltable cab pivotally mounted to the chassis, the cab having a rear wall; and
a gas venting pipe in fluid communication with at least one of the engine and the fuel tank, the gas venting pipe being adapted to vent left over gas from at least one of the engine and the fuel tank to the ambient,
wherein the gas venting pipe comprises a first pipe section mounted to the chassis, a second pipe section mounted to the rear wall of the forward tiltable cab, and a flexible magnet connection adapted to releasably interconnect the first and second pipe sections.

8. The liquefied gas driven vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the flexible magnet connection comprises a male end part joined with the first pipe section via a flexible pipe portion, a female end part attached to or integrally formed with the second pipe section, in which female end part the male end part at least partly fits, and magnetic means for holding the first and second pipe sections together.

9. The liquified gas driven vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the gas venting pipe is in fluid communication with both the engine and the fuel tank via a branching provided between said connection and the engine and fuel tank.

10. The liquified gas driven vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the gas venting pipe is in fluid communication with the engine, and wherein the vehicle further comprises another gas venting pipe in fluid communication with the fuel tank.

11. The liquefied gas driven vehicle according to claim 6 , or wherein the gas venting pipe is in fluid communication with both the engine and the fuel tank via a branching provided between said connection and the engine and fuel tank.

12. The liquefied gas driven vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the gas venting pipe is in fluid communication with the engine, and wherein the vehicle further comprises another gas venting pipe in fluid communication with the fuel tank.

13. A method of venting gas from a liquefied gas driven vehicle having a forward tiltable cab, which method comprises:
providing a gas venting pipe in fluid communication with at least one of an engine and a fuel tank of the vehicle, wherein the gas venting pipe comprises a first pipe section mounted to a chassis of the vehicle, a second pipe section mounted to a rear wall of the forward tiltable cab, and a flexible magnet connection adapted to releasably interconnect the first and second pipe sections; and
venting gas from at least one of the engine and the fuel tank to the ambient via the gas venting pipe.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the flexible magnet connection comprises a male end part joined with the first pipe section via a flexible pipe portion, a female end part attached to or integrally formed with the second pipe section, in which female end part the male end part at least partly fits, and magnetic means for holding the first and second pipe sections together.

Assignees

• Volvo Truck Corp

Inventors

• Leidefeldt Marcus

Classifications

• B60Y2200/145

  Haulage vehicles, trailing trucks · CPC title

• B60Y2200/14

  Trucks; Load vehicles, Busses · CPC title

• B60K15/035

  characterised by venting means · CPC title

• F17C7/04

  with change of state, e.g. vaporisation · CPC title

• B60K15/013 Primary

  of gas conduits · CPC title