Ventilation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11933177-B2
Application number	US-202117335165-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2021
Priority date	Jul 28, 2020
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

A ventilation system including a building having a space inside, a subterranean facility arranged in a basement of the building and having a subterranean space inside, a communication passage establishing communication between the space and the subterranean space, and a ventilation hole establishing communication between an earth outside the building and the subterranean space is provided. A fuel cell unit having an exhaust port is arranged in the subterranean space. The communication passage has a lateral wall protruding downward from a ceiling of the subterranean space. The lateral wall is arranged on the exhaust port side when the communication passage is arranged on a straight line linking the exhaust port and a second opening portion of the ventilation hole on the subterranean space side. The lateral wall is arranged on the straight line side when the communication passage is arranged at a position spaced apart from the straight line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ventilation system comprising:
a building that has a space inside;
a subterranean facility that is arranged in a basement of the building and that has a subterranean space inside;
a communication passage configured to establish communication between the space of the building and the subterranean space; and
a ventilation hole configured to establish communication between an earth outside the building and the subterranean space, wherein
a fuel cell unit having an exhaust port is arranged in the subterranean space,
the communication passage has:
a first opening portion that is formed on a side of the subterranean space and arranged apart from the exhaust port of the fuel cell unit in a horizontal direction; and
a lateral wall that covers at least a part of a periphery of the communication passage and that protrudes downward from a ceiling of the subterranean space, and

the first opening portion is arranged below a second opening portion that is an opening portion of the ventilation hole on the side of the subterranean space.

2. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the lateral wall is formed in such a manner as to surround the periphery of the communication passage along an entire circumference from the ceiling of the subterranean space to the first opening portion.

3. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , comprising:
a plurality of buildings identical to the building;
a plurality of subterranean facilities identical to the subterranean facility and arranged in basements of the buildings respectively; and
a plurality of communication passages identical to the communication passage, each of the communication passages being configured to establish communication between the space of a corresponding one of the buildings and the subterranean space of a corresponding one of the subterranean facilities, wherein
the communication passages have lateral walls identical to the lateral wall and arranged apart from one another in the horizontal direction.

4. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the ventilation hole is equipped with a roof that covers from above an opening portion of the ventilation hole on a side of the earth.

5. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication passage is internally equipped with an elevator.

6. The ventilation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the lateral wall has an eave that protrudes from the lateral wall toward an outside of the communication passage,
the eave is arranged above the first opening portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ito Masayuki

Classifications

• E21F1/16 Primary

  Shaft covers · CPC title

• E21F1/04

  Air ducts (suspension devices E21F17/02) · CPC title

• F24F6/18

  by injection of steam into the air · CPC title

• F24F7/02

  Roof ventilation (ventilation of roof coverings E04D) · CPC title

• F24F7/00 Primary

  Ventilation · CPC title