Device for preventing overflow of urea water for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11155458-B2
Application number	US-202016783516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2020
Priority date	May 22, 2019
Publication date	Oct 26, 2021
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device for preventing overflow of urea water out of an injection hole of a urea water tank when urea water is injected into the injection hole. The device is configured to enhance the function of a ventilation flow path, thus efficiently relieving pressure in the urea water tank when urea water is injected into the urea water tank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for preventing overflow of urea water for a vehicle, the device comprising:
a urea water injection part connected to a urea water tank, and in which an outlet of a urea water injector is insertable to supply urea water to the urea water tank;
an air communicating part provided in the urea water injection part and having an internal space into which air in the urea water tank flows;
an exhaust hole provided on the air communicating part to discharge the air flowing into the internal space of the air communicating part to an outside of the air communicating part; and
an exhaust hole opening and closing member disposed in the internal space of the air communicating part, and sliding by the outlet of the urea water injector inserted into the urea water injection part so as to open the exhaust hole,
wherein the exhaust hole opening and closing member comprises an opening provided on a center portion thereof and first and second ends disposed on opposite sides of the opening, and when the outlet of the urea water injector is not inserted in the urea water injection part, the second end is disposed below the exhaust hole to close the exhaust hole,
wherein inside the air communicating part, a supporting part supporting the first end of the exhaust hole opening and closing member such that the exhaust hole opening and closing member is slidable, and an elastic member compressing the second end of the exhaust hole opening and closing member toward the supporting part, are disposed,
wherein an injection hole into which the outlet of the urea water injector is inserted is provided on an upper side portion of the urea water injection part, and the supporting part is disposed on a lower side of the injection hole,
wherein the supporting part comprises a seat portion through which the first end of the exhaust hole opening and closing member passes and is placed thereon, and
wherein, when the outlet of the urea water injector is not inserted into the injection hole, the first end of the exhaust hole opening and closing member is placed on the seat portion, and an inclined portion with a predetermined slope is provided on an upper end of the first end of the exhaust hole opening and closing member.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein when the exhaust hole opening and closing member is pushed by the outlet of the urea water injector and slides, the opening is disposed below the exhaust hole to open the exhaust hole.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein when the opening is disposed below the exhaust hole, air in the air communicating part is discharged to the outside of the air communicating part through the exhaust hole.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein, when the outlet of the urea water injector is inserted into the injection hole, the outlet rectilinearly descends along the injection hole and then enters the inside of the air communicating part, and when the inclined portion is pushed by the outlet entering the inside of the air communicating part, the exhaust hole opening and closing member slides in a direction of compressing the elastic member.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust hole opening and closing member includes a stopping step configured to stop the sliding of the exhaust hole opening and closing member by stopping the exhaust hole opening and closing member on an outer surface of the supporting part when the second end of the exhaust hole opening and closing member slides by being compressed by the elastic member and the first end thereof passes through the seat portion.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the stopping step is disposed at a rear side of the inclined portion on the basis of a sliding direction of the exhaust hole opening and closing member when the exhaust hole is opened.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the injection hole has an internal diameter smaller than an external diameter of the outlet of the urea water injector that is inserted into the injection hole.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein a flow path is provided between an outer surface of the outlet of the urea water injector and an inner surface of the injection hole so that air in the air communicating part is discharged when the outlet of the urea water injector is inserted into the injection hole.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the urea water injection part is provided with a filler neck coupler and a pipe coupler at a lower side thereof, the couplers being disposed on a lower end of the air communicating part, the filler neck coupler is coupled to a urea water filler neck allowing urea water supplied by the urea water injector to flow into the urea water tank, and the pipe coupler is coupled to a leveling pipe that discharges the air in the urea water tank to the air communicating part when urea water is injected into the urea water tank.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Tae Yoon
• Park June Young
• Lim Jun Sik
• Lee Sung Won
• Choi Seung Hoon

Classifications

• F01N2610/1413

  Inlet and filling arrangements therefore · CPC title

• F01N3/28

  Construction of catalytic reactors · CPC title

• B60K15/03

  Fuel tanks · CPC title

• Y02A50/20

  Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters · CPC title

• F01N2610/1406

  Storage means for substances, e.g. tanks or reservoirs · CPC title