Device for preventing backward air flow of reservoir tank for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022074339-A1
Application number	US-202117241767-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	Sep 8, 2020
Publication date	Mar 10, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a device for preventing the backward air flow of a reservoir tank for a vehicle, which may mount an backward air flow prevention tube extending to coolant on a connector of a reservoir tank to which a degassing hose is connected, and form an air collection slit hole communicating with an upper space of the reservoir tank in the upper portion of the tube to be openable or closable, thereby easily preventing the phenomenon in which the air within the reservoir tank flows back toward an engine, and easily collecting the air introduced from the engine side.

First claim

1 . A device for preventing the backward air flow of a reservoir tank for a vehicle comprising:
a backward air flow prevention tube having an upper end connected to a rear portion of a connector of a reservoir tank, the rear portion of the reservoir tank being connected to a degassing hose, and a lower end extending to an inside of coolant within the reservoir tank; an air collection slit hole communicating with an upper space of the reservoir tank in the upper end of the backward air flow prevention tube; and an opening and closing structure disposed within the backward air flow prevention tube to open the air collection slit hole to open or close the air collection slit hole when the collected air is introduced into the backward air flow prevention tube from the degassing hose.

2 . The device for preventing the backward air flow of the reservoir tank for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the opening and closing structure comprises a buoyancy ball inserted into the backward air flow prevention tube, and floating on the coolant within the reservoir tank.

3 . The device for preventing the backward air flow of the reservoir tank for the vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the buoyancy ball is configured to close the air collection slit hole when floating on the coolant, and to open the air collection slit hole by moving downward by the pressure of the collected air introduced into the backward air flow prevention tube from the degassing hose.

4 . The device for preventing the backward air flow of the reservoir tank for the vehicle of claim 2 , wherein a partition wall surrounding the lower end of the backward air flow prevention tube is formed on the bottom surface of the reservoir tank in order to prevent the buoyancy ball from being separated.

5 . The device for preventing the backward air flow of the reservoir tank for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the opening and closing structure comprises a buoyancy pipe inserted into the backward air flow prevention tube and floating on the coolant.

6 . The device for preventing the backward air flow of the reservoir tank for the vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the buoyancy pipe is configured to close the air collection slit hole when floating on the coolant, and to open the air collection slit hole by moving downward by the pressure of the collected air introduced into the backward air flow prevention tube from the degassing hose.

7 . The device for preventing the backward air flow of the reservoir tank for the vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the buoyancy pipe has a vertical length adjusted according to a formation location of the air collection slit hole formed in the backward air flow prevention tube.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Won Seung Hyun

Classifications

• F01P11/028

  Deaeration devices · CPC title

• F01P11/00 Primary

  Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01P1/00 - F01P9/00 · CPC title

• F16K15/04

  shaped as balls · CPC title

• F01P11/029 Primary

  Expansion reservoirs · CPC title

• F16K31/18

  actuated by a float (floats F16K33/00; float-actuated valves in steam-traps F16T1/20, in boilers F22D5/08) · CPC title