Vent valve for closed tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11346455-B2
Application number	US-201916699965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2019
Priority date	May 22, 2019
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A vent valve for a closed tank, the vent valve being provided in an upper surface of the closed tank storing liquid, may include an upper housing provided with an upper air hole disposed outside the closed tank; a lower housing provided with a lower air hole disposed inside the closed tank; and a valve core provided in a housing space area surrounded by the upper housing and the lower housing and providing a ventilation path through which only gas passes between the upper air hole and the lower air hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vent valve apparatus for a closed tank, the vent valve apparatus being provided in an upper surface of the closed tank storing liquid, the vent valve apparatus comprising:
an upper housing provided with an upper air hole disposed outside the closed tank;
a lower housing provided with a lower air hole disposed inside the closed tank; and
a valve core provided in a housing space area surrounded by the upper housing and the lower housing and providing a ventilation path through which gas passes between the upper air hole and the lower air hole,
wherein the valve core includes:
a tubular partition body mounted in the housing space area with a plurality of core air holes at a side portion of the tubular partition body; and
a plurality of horizontal partition walls mounted in an interior of the tubular partition body, and

wherein first edge portions of the plurality of horizontal partition walls are spaced from an internal surface of the tubular partition body at a predetermined distance.

2. The vent valve apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the valve core is further provided with a ventilation gap between each first edge portion of the plurality of horizontal partition walls and the internal surface of the tubular partition body.

3. The vent valve apparatus of claim 1 , wherein second edge portions of the plurality of horizontal partition walls are in contact with the internal surface of the tubular partition body.

4. The vent valve apparatus of claim 3 , wherein adjacent horizontal partition walls among the plurality of horizontal partition walls are inclined at a predetermined angle and each first edge portion of the adjacent horizontal partition walls is mounted at a position lower than each second edge portion of the adjacent horizontal partition walls.

5. The vent valve apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of core air holes is formed between second edge portions of the plurality of horizontal partition walls at the side portion of the tubular partition body.

6. The vent valve apparatus of claim 1 , wherein adjacent horizontal partition walls among the plurality of horizontal partition walls are inclined in different directions from each other.

7. The vent valve apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the adjacent horizontal partition walls among the plurality of horizontal partition walls are inclined in opposite directions to each other.

8. The vent valve apparatus of claim 1 , further including an upper horizontal partition wall mounted above the plurality of horizontal partition walls and a first edge portion of the upper horizontal partition wall and the upper air hole are mounted at different positions based on a circumferential direction of the tubular partition body.

9. The vent valve apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an upper end portion of the tubular partition body is in contact with an internal surface of the upper housing.

10. The vent valve apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the upper air hole of the upper housing is enclosed by an inner circumference of the tubular partition wall.

11. The vent valve apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a lower end portion of the tubular partition body is spaced from a bottom portion of the lower housing at a predetermined distance.

12. The vent valve apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a mounting hole is provided in the upper surface of the closed tank, and one of the upper housing and the lower housing is inserted into and fixed to the mounting hole.

13. The vent valve apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the lower housing is mounted in the closed tank at a predetermined height from a liquid surface of the closed tank.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B65D2205/02

  Venting holes · CPC title

• F01N2610/02

  the substance being ammonia or urea · CPC title

• F16K24/04 Primary

  for venting only (F16K24/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K2015/03256

  characterised by special valves, the mounting thereof · CPC title

• B60K2015/03368

  for preventing overfilling of tanks · CPC title