Vent Opening Or Closing On Tipping Container Patents (Class 137/43)
  • Patent number: 11773836
    Abstract: An external fuel pump and a valve seat for the fuel pump are provided. The valve seat includes a valve body. One side of the valve seat body is provided with an installation chamber for installing a valve body, and the other side of the valve seat body is an oil separator. The oil separator is connected to an outer wall of the installation chamber. The external fuel pump includes the valve seat and a fuel chamber constituted by a housing and a cover. The valve seat body is located in the fuel chamber, the oil separator of the valve seat body is located at a lower portion of an exhaust port provided on the cover. An anti-flip mechanism is provided between the exhaust port and the oil separator. The valve seat is multi-functional and convenient to install with less space and fewer components, which reduces costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SHUANGLIANG AUTOMOBILE PARTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liangbao Cai
  • Patent number: 11191943
    Abstract: A pressure relief valve for a reservoir has a housing body forming first and second subchambers in fluid communication. A first opening in a bottom surface of the housing body forms a first valve seat. At least one second opening in the bottom surface forms a second valve seat along an outer perimeter. A diaphragm member is biased against the second valve seat and is configured to deflect off of the second valve seat under a negative pressure. A sealing ball is gravitationally biased against the first valve seat and raises off the first valve seat in response to a positive pressure. A cover sheet on an upper surface of the housing body partially encloses the chamber and traps the sealing ball in the first subchamber. The cover sheet includes an aperture aligned with the second subchamber providing an ambient pressure port coupled to ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiko Asada, Ryan Clingman, Stephen Koellhoffer, Luke Powers
  • Patent number: 11162442
    Abstract: A device for discharging fuel vapor from a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine has a container which is situated in the fuel supply system and contains liquid fuel under an upwardly limited pressure. A discharge line, which leads to a tank venting system, leads out of the container. The device also has a detector for detecting vaporous fuel in the container and a blocking device which is coupled to the detector and with which the discharge line can be opened or blocked depending on the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Detterbeck, Tobias Holzinger, Matthias Mersch, Thomas Scheuer
  • Patent number: 11162608
    Abstract: A valve with a controlled closing system includes housing having an inlet port, a liquid outlet port, and an inlet chamber. A pressure responsive closing mechanism is disposed between the inlet port and the liquid outlet port. A control chamber is in fluid communication with the inlet chamber via a fluid passage. The fluid passage includes a controlled closing system for controlling opening and closing of the fluid passage. The controlled closing system includes a seal movable with respect to and sealable against an opening of the fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: A.R.I. Fluid Control Accessories Ltd.
    Inventors: Eitan Kalinhoff, Samy Skitnevsky
  • Patent number: 11059639
    Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic liquids. The dispenser has a liquid reservoir and a discharge opening through which the liquid can be dispensed into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap has at least one ventilation opening for establishing communication between an interior and an outer surrounding area, and a sterile filter which covers the at least one ventilation opening is arranged on the protective cap in order to reduce or prevent an introduction of microbes into the interior of the protective cap via the at least one ventilation opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Wochele
  • Patent number: 10753250
    Abstract: An improved venting and/or air admission valve for an operating fluid reservoir, wherein different shutoff levels (SOH) can be achieved. The venting and/or air admission valve is distinguished by the fact that it comprises an adapter, which can be fastened on an operating fluid reservoir wall, and that a valve housing of the venting and/or air admission valve can be fastened on the adapter in such a way that the adapter is arranged between the operating fluid reservoir wall and the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Poul Hedevang
  • Patent number: 10724638
    Abstract: Apparatus to protect sealing surfaces of thief hatches are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first portion that is attachable to a tank, wherein the first portion includes a first opening, and a second portion that is pivotably coupled to the first portion. The example apparatus is structured to provide access to an aperture in the tank via the first opening when the second portion is in an open state and maintain a pressure of the tank within a specified range by selectively separating one or more seals from one or more corresponding sealing surfaces when the second portion is in a closed state, wherein the second portion includes the one or more seals and the one or more corresponding sealing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies Tulsa, LLC
    Inventors: Istvan Bartha, Cristian Amza, John Cockerham, Vlad Cristinel Hanceanu, Silviu Vasile Rebreanu
  • Patent number: 10639986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cap including a body, a seal positioned within the body and adapted for engaging a filler tube opening, the seal manufactured of a material and in a shape such that the seal itself provides the biasing force to secure the cap on the filler tube opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Watson
  • Patent number: 10618152
    Abstract: A handheld combustion powered fastening tool may include a driving system that drives fasteners into workpieces in response to combustion of fuel by the driving system. A fuel delivery system may supply fuel to the driving system. The fuel delivery system may include a fuel canister storing liquid fuel, such as liquid hydrocarbons such as propane, and all direction valve, supplying fuel from the fuel canister to the driving system for combustion. The valve may supply fuel to the driving system in a multiplicity of orientations of the valve/canister/tool, allowing the tool to be operable in a plurality of different orientations, including an upright orientation and an inverted orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: William Rigdon, Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Derek Marchanti, Gary Hill
  • Patent number: 10508514
    Abstract: An artificial lifting system for bringing a formation fluid from a horizontal well to the surface, the system including an outer production tubing that extends into the well, from a head of the well to a lateral portion of the well; and a hybrid valve attached to a distal end of the outer production tubing. The hybrid valve has two orientations, a first orientation for which the hybrid valve acts as a one-way valve, and a second orientation for which the hybrid valve acts as a conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventors: David Charles Daniel, David S. Wesson, John T. Hardesty
  • Patent number: 10487718
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a cap for a the overflow reservoir bottle, including a lower cup having a syncline void, said syncline void having by a wall extending above and below at least one surface of the lower cup. The cap also includes an upper cup with an anticline projection nesting adjacent to the syncline void of the lower cup, and said upper cup affixed to the lower cup, with at least one vent to permit gas to traverse the overflow reservoir bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Alsayyed, Robert Alex Mitchell, Sandy Corbett, Scott Russo, Jeannette Madej Richards
  • Patent number: 10226402
    Abstract: A vent system for a liquid container having a container body with a top dispensing opening and a bottom portion having coupling elements and a bottom opening, the vent system including a solid closure member for closing the bottom opening; a sealing member disposed in the closure member, the sealing member including a sealing element configured to seal a rim of the container bottom opening and having a bore, and a one-way valve sealing the bore against liquid passage from the container and selectively permitting air passage through the bore into the container; complementary coupling elements on the closure member for coupling to the coupling elements on the bottom portion of the container, configured so that ambient air can enter between the container body and the closure member; and an air conduit extending from the coupling elements to a space in the vent system which is in operative communication with the bore, and a method for making it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Amikam Berkovitch
  • Patent number: 10041601
    Abstract: A valve device includes a float constituting a lower valve body and a case accommodating the float, and constitutes a part of an airflow passage of a fuel tank. The valve device includes a top portion of the case formed with a first penetration hole, a cylindrical seal body with a part that is fit in the first penetration hole and is sandwiched between the top portion and a sandwich member having a second penetration hole and combined with the top portion from above the top portion, an inside of the seal body communicating with the second penetration hole of the sandwich member, and an upper valve body above the sandwich member and configured to open and close the second penetration hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Toshio Wada
  • Patent number: 10035563
    Abstract: An attachable flotation device for a fuel storage cap of a watercraft, the fuel storage cap including an outer surface, an inner surface, and an engagement portion that engages a corresponding portion of the watercraft to cover access to a fuel tank of the watercraft, comprising a floatable material including a top and a bottom; and an attachment mechanism on the bottom of the floatable material that is attachable to the outer surface of the fuel storage cap to attach the floatable material to the fuel storage cap, the floatable material providing sufficient buoyancy to enable the fuel storage cap to float in water when the fuel storage cap accidentally falls in the water during refueling, preventing the fuel storage cap from sinking, and allowing the fuel storage cap to be more readily located and retrieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Inventor: James Randall Ketring
  • Patent number: 10017049
    Abstract: A vent valve includes a vent body including an outlet and at least one inlet, a main chamber, a main closable device movable from an open position to allow fluidic communication between the main chamber and the outlet, to a closed position to block fluidic communication between the main chamber and the outlet, and a first tubing having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to a first inlet, the second end spaced from the vent body, the first tubing further including a first closable device adjacent the second end. The first closable device allows fluidic communication between an exterior of the first tubing and an interior of the first tubing in a first orientation of the vent valve, and blocks fluidic communication between the exterior of the first tubing and the interior of the first tubing in a second orientation of the vent valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: James J. Morgia, Jr., Giuseppe Alberti, Adriano Cirioli
  • Patent number: 9964015
    Abstract: Provided is a breather pipe structure for a liquid reducing agent storage tank which ensures that a liquid reducing agent can be supplied without trouble even if a breather pipe in the liquid reducing agent storage tank is clogged with frozen liquid reducing agent. In a breather pipe structure for a liquid reducing agent storage tank (10) which stores a liquid reducing agent (5) and which has a breather pipe (20) for introducing/discharging air attached on top of the liquid reducing agent storage tank (10), a lower end (20c) of the breather pipe (20) in the liquid reducing agent storage tank (10) is arranged to extend along a liquid reducing agent defrosting piping (16) provided in the liquid reducing agent storage tank (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Shin Amagasaki, Takuya Mito, Tatsuo Mashiko, Kazuhiro Kodaira, Akihiro Tozuka
  • Patent number: 9939073
    Abstract: A vent apparatus is described for providing filtered air intake and rollover protection for a fuel tank. The apparatus may include a housing configured to be coupled with the fuel tank, the housing including at least one air intake port and at least one air exhaust port. The apparatus may include an air intake filter disposed within the housing and configured to receive and filter air from the at least one air intake port. The apparatus may include a rollover protection valve disposed adjacent to the housing and configured to be located inside the fuel tank when the housing is coupled with the fuel tank, the rollover protection valve coupled with the at least one air exhaust port. The rollover protection valve may include a chamber and a plug configured to impede the flow of fuel from the fuel tank into the at least one air exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: FlowTech Fueling, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Workman
  • Patent number: 9834090
    Abstract: A fuel tank assembly includes a fuel tank including a fuel inlet. A fuel cap is threadably engageable with the fuel inlet. The fuel cap has a grip provided for manipulation by a user. A vent path extends between a vent channel and the interior of the fuel tank. In a first configuration, the fuel cap is fully threaded to the fuel inlet to a fully closed position. The assembly is operable to transition to a second configuration in which the vent path is unobstructed and the fuel cap is fully threaded to the fuel inlet to the fully closed position. To enable unthreading of the fuel cap from the fuel inlet, the fuel tank assembly is operable to transition from the first configuration to the second configuration in response to a movement that does not alter the threaded engagement with the fuel inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Earl McKinster, Gerald Philip Buhle, Jeffrey Peter Myczek
  • Patent number: 9790826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring lubricant of an engine. The system for monitoring lubricant of an engine comprises: a lubricant sensor, which measures lubricant quantity of the engine; a data acquisition unit, which collects the lubricant quantity of the engine from the lubricant sensor at a fixed time interval; and a message generation unit, which generates lubricant quantity monitoring messages according to the lubricant quantity of the engine collected by the data acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Air China Limited
    Inventors: Dechao Zhong, Zhuping Gu, Huifeng Ding, Jiaju Wu, Lei Huang, Bingzheng Wang, Hongtao Ma, Lei Chen, Yi Zhu
  • Patent number: 9782786
    Abstract: Exemplary illustrations of a fluid valve, e.g., a return valve for returning residual paint, rinsing agent, and compressed air from a paint line when changing color in a painting system, are disclosed. An exemplary fluid valve may be adjusted between an open position, in which the fluid valve is at least partially open, e.g., for rinsing a paint line with a rinsing agent and for pressurizing the paint line with a new color for the color change, and a closed position, in which the fluid valve is closed, e.g., for applying the new color after the color change. An exemplary fluid valve may switch to the closed position, upon actuation by the medium thereof, e.g., medium flowing through or present in the valve. In another example, a fluid valve may close depending on the fluid present at the input side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Durr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Melcher, Frank Herre, Michael Baumann, Thomas Buck
  • Patent number: 9713692
    Abstract: A humidifier for use with a pressure support system. The humidifier includes a body having an inlet, a fluid holding chamber, and an outlet. The inlet is positioned upstream and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. The outlet is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. A back-flow preventing valve is positioned upstream of the fluid chamber. The back-flow preventing valve is movable between an open position, in which the inlet is unblocked, and a closed position in which the inlet is blocked. In the closed position, the back-flow preventing valve prevents fluid, fluid vapor, or both from entering the pressure support via the inlet to the humidifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: RIC INVESTMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: John Raymond Pujol, Patrick Truitt, Daniel R. Martin, Winslow Kevin Duff, Steven Adam Kimmel, Jeffrey Kepler, Peter Chi Fai Ho, Lance Ranard Busch, Jerome Matula, Jr., Drew A. Demangone, Anthony J. Bafile
  • Patent number: 9657468
    Abstract: An apparatus to allow or stop an air flow into an enclosed environment or piping system comprises (a) a housing having an upper flow passage, a middle flow passage, a lower flow passage; (b) a first valve seat; (c) a first valve diaphragm; (d) a second valve seat; and (e) a second valve diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Di Monte, Sr.
  • Patent number: 9631586
    Abstract: A method for suctioning liquid fuel from a liquid trap in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, includes generating a negative pressure in a gas compartment or headspace of the fuel tank, applying the negative pressure to the liquid trap through a suction line, wherein the liquid trap has a collection container collecting liquid fuel during venting of the fuel tank, and at least partially suctioning the liquid fuel located in the collection container through the suction line into the gas compartment or headspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Harald Hagen
  • Patent number: 9561765
    Abstract: A fuel tank assembly includes a fuel tank, and an airbag assembly connected to a fuel tank. The fuel tank includes a first portion facing in a first direction, a second portion facing a second direction which is opposite the first direction. The fuel tank includes a rear portion extending between the first portion and the second portion and facing in a rear direction transverse to the first and second directions. The airbag assembly is connected to the first portion, the second portion, and the rear portion of the fuel tank. During a vehicle impact, an inflatable member of the airbag assembly in an inflatable position may deflect impact debris away from the fuel tank and/or may prevent underbody components from coming contacting the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Saeed David Barbat, Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • Patent number: 9522592
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a fuel tank, a first vapor line having a first open end, a second vapor line having a second open end, a valve including a check valve, a vent outlet, and wherein the first vapor line and second vapor line may be in fluid communication with the valve and the vent outlet and may be constructed and arranged to allow fluid to flow from the valve, through the first or second vapor line, or the first or second open end, or the vent outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Vincent J. Marsala
  • Patent number: 9518671
    Abstract: A valve device is attached to a fuel tank. The valve device includes a case including a vent valve port communicating outside of the tank at an upper portion, and including an inflow portion for a fuel below the vent valve port; and an upper floor body inside the case and rising by the fuel flowing into the case to be seated in the vent valve port. In a face portion facing a bottom portion of the upper float body in the case, an elastic piece is formed by a first arc-shaped split groove such that a center side of the face portion becomes a curvature inner side, and a second arc-shaped split groove formed such that a center of the face portion becomes a curvature inner side outside the first arc-shaped split groove. One portion of the elastic piece abuts against the bottom portion of the upper float body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Xiaohui Sui
  • Patent number: 9518669
    Abstract: A backflow preventer that includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet adapted to be mounted in a liquid flow configuration in a liquid supply circuit. An upstream check disc assembly is positioned in the housing downstream of the inlet, and includes an upstream check plate supporting a downstream diaphragm. An upstream check disc is positioned downstream of the diaphragm and integrally formed with an upstream stem mounted in an aperture in a central hub formed in the check plate for movement between a normally open, flow position and a closed position preventing backflow of liquid through the inlet. A downstream check disc assembly is positioned in the housing downstream from the upstream check disc assembly. A vent discharges liquid to atmosphere upstream of the downstream check disc assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: CONBRACO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond E. Cellemme, Bertito Tubo Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 9508972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a venting device (1) for an electrochemical battery (90). The venting device comprises at least one inlet opening (2) for receiving gases venting from the battery (90), at least one outlet opening (3) for venting the gases received from the battery (90), and at least one flame arrester element (4). The inlet opening (2) is in communication with the outlet opening (3) via the flame arrester element (4). An explosion chamber (5, 6) is located within the venting device (1) on the side of the flame arrester element (4) which is directed to the outlet opening (3). The explosion chamber (5, 6) is arranged for developing and temporarily storing an explosive mixture of the gases received from the battery (90) and oxygen from the ambient air, which explodes in case a flame occurs within the explosion chamber (5, 6), thereby blowing off the flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: Johnson Controls Technology Company, Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Ingo Koch, Peter Streuer, Armin Staffeldt, Doreen Lucht, Jerome Heiman, Donald Caldwell, Dirk Bremer
  • Patent number: 9492765
    Abstract: A valve unit includes a housing which has a partition wall in which an opening portion is formed, a float valve which is disposed within a valve chamber R1 thereof, and a check valve which is disposed within a valve chamber R2. A valve seat is provided on a lower surface side of the partition wall, and plural radially-extending thin ribs are formed therearound. Plural axially-extending check valve guide ribs are provided at predetermined circumferential intervals with in the vent chamber R2, and plural axially-extending float valve guide ribs are provided at predetermined circumferential intervals within the valve chamber R1. The thin ribs and the check valve guide ribs are formed circumferentially alternately so as not to be superposed on each other when viewed from an axial direction of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Kenta Mihara
  • Patent number: 9290373
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a product comprising: a mechanical seal fuel fill system including a fill line for transporting fuel into a fuel tank. The fill line may be operatively connected to a fill cup to receive a fill nozzle. The fuel fill system may also include a vapor canister to receive fuel vapors displaced during refueling from the fuel tank. The vapor canister may be fed via a canister vent valve inside the fuel tank. The fuel system may also include a recirculation line connecting the fuel tank to the fill line. The recirculation line may include an auxiliary valve in the fuel tank. The recirculation valve and the auxiliary valve may be in a parallel arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Vincent J. Marsala, Philip A. Yaccarino
  • Patent number: 9248735
    Abstract: A liquid fuel trap device for a vehicle fuel system includes a housing forming a confined space and including an outlet port connectable to a fuel vapor recovery system via a fuel vapor passage; and a valve capable of discharging liquid fuel from the confined space into a fuel tank. The housing includes at least two retention devices adapted to impede fuel in the housing from reaching the outlet port in angled positions of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Stefan Walter
  • Patent number: 9212774
    Abstract: A connector to connect a fluid path to a fuel tank includes a main portion made of a synthetic resin through which a gas produced from fuel hardly passes, and a shell formed outside the main portion and made of a synthetic resin through which the gas passes easier than the main portion and which can be melt-bonded to the outer surface of a fuel tank. The main portion includes a flange part in the outer periphery. The shell has a wall section for a melt-bonding portion which extends around from the top surface side of the flange part and covers the bottom side of the flange part. The undersurface of the flange part is provided with an inclination having the peripheral edge side of the flange part upside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Xiaohui Sui, Toshio Hattori
  • Patent number: 9132729
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure equalizing valve (5) for a fuel tank or secondary fluid tank on a motor vehicle, comprising at least one valve housing (10), at least one valve body movably arranged in the valve housing (10), at least one venting opening on the tank side and on the connection side or on the atmosphere side, which form a venting path (16) which may be opened or closed by the valve body depending on the position of the tank, when a predetermined transverse force is exceeded relative to a normal force which holds the valve body in a valve seat, the valve body being able to be lifted or deflected from the valve seat and thus opening the venting path (16) and when falling below said transverse force automatically adopting again the position closing the venting path (16). The valve body is configured as a ball (15) and arranged so that when pressure prevails on the tank side, said valve body is held in the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volker Treudt
  • Patent number: 8910652
    Abstract: A fuel system vent valve comprises a housing with a first opening, and a float inside the housing. The float is movable between a first position in which the valve is open and a second position in which the float covers the first opening such that the valve is closed. The valve further comprises a liquid trap arranged above the housing such that it covers the first opening. The liquid trap comprises a housing in which is arranged a perimeter wall surrounding the first opening, the perimeter wall being arranged at a distance from the liquid trap housing thereby creating a first volume inside the wall and a second volume outside the wall. The first volume is larger than the second volume and the two volumes are connected via at least one gap between a top of the wall and a top of the liquid trap housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Christoffer Nemeth
  • Patent number: 8844557
    Abstract: A space in a housing is defined into a lower space and an upper space by a partition wall, and an opening portion is provided in the partition wall. A vertically slidable float is housed in the lower space of the housing and on an upper portion of the float, a movable valve is mounted so as to be movable relatively to the float in a vertical direction and a lateral direction. A protruding portion is provided on the upper portion of the float, and a receiving portion on which the protruding portion abuts is provided on a lower surface of the movable valve. A center hole is provided in a center of the receiving portion. When the float comes up, a peripheral portion of a top portion of the protruding portion of the float is adapted to abut on an inner circumference periphery of the center hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Shinichi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8826930
    Abstract: Ventilation system for a fuel tank comprising a pump, an active liquid/vapor separator (LVS) that can be drained using the pump, in which a roll-over valve (ROV) that is normally open brings, by default, the internal volume of the LVS into communication with the pump and only blocks this communication when the level of fuel in the valve reaches a certain height or when the tank is tilted beyond a certain angle, or even overturned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Ludovic Devulder, Ralph Pohlmann, Alex Blieux, Fabrice Laborde, Philippe Lucien Valmy Georis
  • Patent number: 8776819
    Abstract: To create a valve for aerating and ventilating a tank comprising a closing element, which is fixed against a valve seat in a closed state so as to form a seal and which is lifted out of the valve seat in an open state, wherein provision is made for a blocking element, which can be moved by means of the force of gravity, by means of which the closing element can be fixed at least in the closed state, which overcomes the disadvantages of the state of the art, which ensures a reliable function even in response to a use under rough conditions with impact loads and which is designed in a simple manner, it is proposed for the blocking element to be accommodated on the closing element so as to be movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Carsten Ziegs
  • Patent number: 8770218
    Abstract: A casing has a vessel portion, in which a float valve unit is arranged. A fuel drain through-hole having a small diameter is formed at a closed end bottom of the vessel portion. A cross sectional area of the fuel drain through-hole is extremely smaller than an opening area of an inlet port, so that fuel discharging speed of the liquid fuel from the vessel portion through the fuel drain through-hole is suppressed to a small value. As a result, a fuel holding time of the liquid fuel in the vessel portion, which has entered into the vessel portion from the inlet port, is made longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroya Tagami, Keiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8763626
    Abstract: Ventilation valve for a liquid tank comprising: an housing comprising a side wall provided with ventilation openings, a cover provided with a ventilation aperture which may be connected to a venting circuit of the tank, and a base pierced with at least one drainage aperture; and a float capable of closing off the ventilation aperture, such float being able to slide vertically inside the housing depending on the level of liquid therein, the valve also comprising a drainage chamber located underneath the housing in which the valve slides, the chamber also comprising at least one drainage aperture that is not aligned with the drainage aperture of the base of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Vincent Cuvelier, Emmanuel Stiers
  • Patent number: 8766118
    Abstract: An actuator that includes a shelf having a pivot cone, a first member, a second member, a trigger pin and a trigger lever latch. The first member includes a weight, a first shaft extending upwardly from the weight and through an opening in the pivot cone, and a first plate affixed to the first shaft. The first plate is supported by the pivot cone. The second member includes a second plate resting on the first plate and a second shaft extending upwardly from the second plate. The trigger lever latch includes a first portion connected to the second shaft and a second portion extending upwardly at an angle away from the first portion. The trigger pin has an engagement surface. The trigger pin is movable between an operational state and a tripped state. The second end of the trigger lever latch is engaged with the engagement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Colin Johnstone
  • Patent number: 8720471
    Abstract: A fuel cutoff valve has a housing defining therein a float chamber and a float disposed in the float chamber. The housing defines a connection passage positioned above the float chamber and fluidly connecting the float chamber with outside of the housing and a hole positioned below the fluid chamber fluidly connecting the float chamber with outside of the housing. The float has a valve part that is configured to close the connection passage and defines therein a first passage passing through the float in a vertical direction and a second passage extending from a part of the first passage to an outer surface of the float in a substantial horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yasuda, Kazumi Haruta, Takashi Kato
  • Publication number: 20140034147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure equalizing valve (5) for a fuel tank or secondary fluid tank on a motor vehicle, comprising at least one valve housing (10), at least one valve body movably arranged in the valve housing (10), at least one venting opening on the tank side and on the connection side or on the atmosphere side, which form a venting path (16) which may be opened or closed by the valve body depending on the position of the tank, when a predetermined transverse force is exceeded relative to a normal force which holds the valve body in a valve seat, the valve body being able to be lifted or deflected from the valve seat and thus opening the venting path (16) and when falling below said transverse force automatically adopting again the position closing the venting path (16). The valve body is configured as a ball (15) and arranged so that when pressure prevails on the tank side, said valve body is held in the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volker Treudt
  • Publication number: 20140026976
    Abstract: Provided is a roll-over fuel valve configured with a float-sealable fluid path module including a float member axially displaceable within a float housing, between an open position and a closed position. The float member is normally biased in direction of the closed position and the float member includes an open liquid chamber for collecting liquid, thus taking part in the force equilibrium acting on the float member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: RAVAL A.C.S. LTD.
    Inventors: Omer Vulkan, Vladimir Olshanetsky, Alon Rahamim
  • Patent number: 8616232
    Abstract: A fuel cut-off valve includes a case having a first opening communicated with the inside of a fuel tank and a second opening communicated with a canister; a lower float that is provided so as to move up and down inside the case and has a first valve member above the lower float; an upper float that is provided so as to move up and down above an upper portion of the lower float and has a second valve member and a third opening communicated with the canister; a first valve seat provided on the upper float, against which the first valve member abuts to close off the third opening; a second valve seat against which the second valve member abuts to close off the second opening; and a guide member that guides the upper float when the upper float moves up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Suzuki, Norikazu Sugimura
  • Patent number: 8608021
    Abstract: A fill cover assembly for a liquid fuel storage tank of a road tanker, the assembly comprising: a seat member having a frame, the frame defining a fill aperture, the frame being configured to be fixedly coupled to a base plate of a liquid storage tank, the base plate having a plate aperture formed therein, thereby to form a fluid-tight seal between the seat member and the base plate around said plate aperture; and a fill-cover coupled to the tank and arranged to be moveable with respect to the frame between a closed condition in which a fluid-tight seal is formed between the fill-cover and the frame and an open condition in which fluid may be passed through said fill aperture to fill said storage tank, wherein the assembly is further arranged to allow venting of pressurized fluid from the liquid storage tank in the event that a pressure of the fluid exceeds a prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mechtronic Limited
    Inventor: Trevor Poulter
  • Publication number: 20130312841
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel valve including a uniform valve housing accommodating a roll-over valve (ROV), an over-pressure relief valve (OPR) and a pressure retention valve (PRV), wherein a pressure retention disc is substantially axially displaceable within a top chamber of the valve housing, between a normally closed portion in which it sealingly bears over an outlet port of the flow path and an open position; the pressure retention disc is configured with a cutout portion at least partially enveloping a pressure relief port of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Omer Vulkan, Vladimir Olshanetsky, Alexander Khiliminsky
  • Patent number: 8590558
    Abstract: A valve system (5) connectable to a fluid channel (3), wherein the valve system (5) includes an actuating element (33) and a closing element (17) for selectively closing and opening of the channel (3), wherein the valve system (5) includes a chamber (15) and a movable coupling member (37), wherein at least one section (48) of the coupling member (37) is located within the chamber (15) and the coupling member (37) is capable of moving under its gravitational force into a transfer position in which the coupling member (37) may transfer to the closing element (17) an external force acting on the actuating element (33) towards the closing element (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Air Liquide Sante (International)
    Inventor: Henning Reinstorff
  • Patent number: 8573183
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fuel tank tube routing and valve placement to prevent fuel leaks into the evaporative emissions system are disclosed. An embodiment provides a vehicle fuel tank venting system that uses strategically placed valves and a low profile tube routing to prevent the leakage of liquid fuel to an evaporative emission system in the event of a valve failure. In one aspect, a first and second outlet valve may be positioned such that at least one of the valves is above a full fuel level for a desired range of fuel tank tilted positions. Among the desired range, when the first valve is submerged in fuel, at least a portion of the first outlet tube may be above the full fuel level, and when the second valve is submerged, at least a portion of the second outlet tube may be above the full fuel level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jason Anthony Graham, Scott Jeffrey Volchko, Tetsuhiro Ito, Hisayuki Goma
  • Patent number: 8550107
    Abstract: A ventilation device includes a ventilation opening closable by a float in a valve housing interior, an inflow opening in an upper portion, at least one outflow opening in a lower portion that can be closed by a sealing element of a shut-off valve. A storage container is connected through a conduit to the valve housing interior so that fuel can flow from the housing interior into the storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Alfmeier Prazision AG Baugruppen und Systemlosungen
    Inventors: Richard Roscher, Jürgen Theissler
  • Patent number: 8522535
    Abstract: A breather device A1 for pressure relief includes a breather pipe 121 serving as a fixing part, and an inner pipe 122 serving as a communication part and is provided by the breather pipe 121 with fixation strength enough for securing the breather device A1 to a liquid tank 101. The inner pipe 122 has a vent hole P formed therein for provide fluid-communication between the inside of the liquid tank 101 and the outside thereof in a manner such that an inner surface forming the vent hole P is made of a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Osaku, Kiyoshi Fukuda