Vent filter and radio remote unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11110381-B2
Application number	US-201815778210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2018
Priority date	Apr 16, 2018
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A vent filter and a Radio Remote Unit having the vent filter. The vent filter includes a first member including a first body having a ventilation path extending through the first body, an inner wall constituting a ventilation hole which is communicated with the ventilation path, and an outer wall constituting a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall. The vent filter also includes a second member including a second body and at least one enclosure wall protruding out from the second body, wherein at least one of the at least one enclosure wall is located outside the outer wall and surrounding the outer wall. Both the inner and outer walls have at least one first groove at an end and each of the at least one enclosure wall has at least one second groove at an end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vent filter, comprising:
a first member comprising a first body having a ventilation path extending through the first body, an inner wall protruding from an end of the first body and constituting a ventilation hole which is communicated with the ventilation path, and an outer wall protruding from the end of the first body and constituting a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall; and
a second member comprising a second body and at least one enclosure wall protruding out from the second body, wherein at least one of the at least one enclosure wall is located outside the outer wall and surrounding the outer wall;
wherein both the inner wall and the outer wall have at least one first groove at an end facing away the first body and each of the at least one enclosure wall has at least one second groove at an end facing away the second body.

2. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one first groove of the outer wall is not aligned with one of the at least one second groove of the at least one of the at least one enclosure wall located outside the outer wall, in a radial direction of the ventilation hole.

3. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first member further comprises at least one intermediate wall between the inner wall and the outer wall.

4. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a further one among the at least one enclosure walls is located in a space between at least one intermediate wall and one of the inner wall and the outer wall, or located within the gap.

5. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second member further comprises at least one ventilation opening extending through the second body, which is configured to be indirectly communicated with the ventilation path.

6. The vent filter as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one ventilation opening is provided at a periphery of the second body corresponding to the gap of the first member.

7. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one first groove on the inner wall or the outer wall comprises at least two first grooves uniformly or non-uniformly distributed along a periphery of the inner wall or the outer wall;
the at least one enclosure wall comprises at least two enclosure walls; and
the at least one second groove of each of the at least two enclosure walls comprises at least two second grooves uniformly or non-uniformly distributed along a periphery of the at least one enclosure wall.

8. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the inner wall, the outer and the at least one enclosure wall is shaped in a form of any of a circle, an ellipse, a triangle and a rectangle.

9. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first member further comprises a nut adjacent to the inner wall and the outer wall, which is disposed to outwardly protrude from an outside surface of the first body.

10. The vent filter as claimed in claim 9 , wherein screw threads are located on at least a part of the outside surface.

11. The vent filter as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the vent filter further comprises a sealing ring located adjacent to the nut.

12. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first body is hollow cylinder-shaped, and the second body is circular plate-shaped.

13. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one first groove of the inner wall and the at least one first groove of the outer wall are disposed in one-to-one correspondence and are aligned with each other in a radial direction of the ventilation hole.

14. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gap is not directly communicated with the ventilation path.

15. The vent filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a height of each of the inner wall and the outer wall protruding from the end is equal to or less than a height of the at least enclosure wall protruding from the second body.

16. A Radio Remote Unit comprising a vent filter, wherein the vent filter comprises:
a first member comprising a first body having a ventilation path extending through the first body, an inner wall protruding from an end of the first body and constituting a ventilation hole which is communicated with the ventilation path, and an outer wall protruding from the end of the first body and constituting a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall; and
a second member comprising a second body and at least one enclosure wall protruding out from the second body, wherein at least one of the at least one enclosure wall is located outside the outer wall and surrounding the outer wall;
wherein both the inner wall and the outer wall have at least one first groove at an end facing away the first body and each of the at least one enclosure wall has at least one second groove at an end facing away the second body.

Assignees

• Ericsson Telefon Ab L M

Inventors

• Song Xiaogang
• Duan Pinghua
• Pan Guanghua
• Yang Zhen
• Dou Jinhui
• Ying Zhan
• Ge Pengxiao
• Xu Peng

Classifications

• B01D46/40 Primary

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• H05K5/0214 Primary

  with means preventing penetration of rain water or dust (semi-permeable membranes H05K5/0215, H05K5/0216) · CPC title

• B01D2279/45

  for electronic devices, e.g. computers, hard-discs, mobile phones · CPC title

• B01D2271/02

  Gaskets, sealings · CPC title

• B01D2279/35

  for venting arrangements · CPC title