Ventilation housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11525567-B2
Application number	US-201917283894-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2019
Priority date	Oct 11, 2018
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

A ventilation housing of the present disclosure includes: a housing; and a ventilation assembly. The housing includes a tubular projection extending to project from an outer surface and internally having a first space communicating the inside and the outside of the housing. The ventilation assembly includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member; and an external member being a tubular body having a bottom, the external member being joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side. The ventilation assembly is fixed to the projection with the projection inserted in the opening at the second end portion of the internal member to make an inner peripheral surface of the internal member and an outer peripheral surface of the projection abut each other. The ventilation assembly has a second space serving as a ventilation path connecting the gas-permeable membrane and the outside of the ventilation assembly in the inside of the internal member, the inside of the external member, and/or an interspace between the internal member and the external member joined together. A height H 1 of the internal member is 6 to 10 mm. A ratio of the height H 1 of the internal member to a height H 2 of the projection is 1.00 to 1.70. The ventilation housing of the present disclosure exhibits excellent performance in terms of moisture permeation between the inside and the outside of the housing and is capable of reducing dropping of the ventilation assembly from the projection of the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ventilation housing comprising:
a housing; and
a ventilation assembly, wherein
the housing comprises a tubular projection extending to project from an outer surface of the housing and internally having a first space communicating an inside and an outside of the housing,
the ventilation assembly comprises:
an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion;
a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member; and
an external member being a tubular body having a bottom, the external member being joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in an interior of the external member from the first end portion side,

the ventilation assembly is fixed to the projection with the projection inserted in the opening at the second end portion of the internal member to make an inner peripheral surface of the internal member and an outer peripheral surface of the projection abut each other,
the ventilation assembly has a second space serving as a ventilation path connecting the gas-permeable membrane and the outside of the ventilation assembly in at least one selected from an inside of the internal member, an inside of the external member, and an interspace between the internal member and the external member joined together,
a height H 1 of the internal member is 6.0 mm or more and 10 mm or less, and
a ratio H 1 /H 2 of the height H 1 of the internal member to a height H 2 of the projection is 1.00 or more and 1.70 or less.

2. The ventilation housing according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio S2 min /S 1 between an area S 1 of a cross-section of the first space taken along a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the projection and a smallest total area S 2 min determined by comparison of values of different total areas determined at different distances from the gas-permeable membrane is 1.0 or more, the total areas each being determined for a cross-section of the second space taken along a plane perpendicular to a ventilation direction in the ventilation path, the cross-section being located at a certain distance from the gas-permeable membrane.

3. The ventilation housing according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio S 2 out /S 1 between an area S 1 of a cross-section of the first space taken along a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the projection and a total area S 2 out of a plane consisting of a cross-section of the second space taken at a position where the second space is the narrowest when the second space is observed from the second end portion side along a central axis of the ventilation assembly is 1.0 or more.

4. The ventilation housing according to claim 1 , wherein when the ventilation assembly is observed in a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the ventilation assembly, a length of a portion of the internal member in a direction along the central axis is 6.0 mm or more and 8.0 mm or less, the portion being covered by the external member.

5. The ventilation housing according to claim 1 , wherein the external member and/or the internal member has a locking mechanism detachably joining the external member and the internal member together.

Assignees

• Nitto Denko Corp

Inventors

• Kitagawa Daisuke
• Nishiyama Satoshi
• Yano Youzou
• Kasagi Tomoyuki

Classifications

• F21V31/03 Primary

  with provision for venting {(for vehicle head lights F21S45/33; for vehicle rear lights F21S41/192)} · CPC title

• F21S45/30 Primary

  Ventilation or drainage of lighting devices · CPC title

• H05K5/068

  having a pressure compensation device, e.g. membrane (venting means H05K5/0213) · CPC title

• H05K5/0215

  with semi-permeable membranes attached to casings · CPC title

• H05K5/0216 Primary

  Venting plugs comprising semi-permeable membranes · CPC title