Pressure relief assembly and a valve assembly that uses the pressure relief assembly

US12280657B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eaton Intelligent Power Limited · IE

Inventors

• Raymond Bruce McLauchlan · Macomb Township, US
• Eugene Francis Moody, II · Waterford, US
• Pramod Dnyaneshwar Jadhav · Pune, IN
• Robert Boychuk · Troy, US
• Sascha Hermann · Korb, DE
• Mustafa Huseyin · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2024
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2025
• Expiry date: May 31, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Y2410/113
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pressure relief assembly includes a plurality of valve components and a cap configured to house the valve components. The cap includes a ring having a retaining portion. The pressure relief assembly includes a sensor apparatus coupled to the cap via the ring. The sensor apparatus is configured to sense whether a predetermined pressure threshold is reached. The valve components operate to relieve pressure when the predetermined pressure threshold is reached. The sensor apparatus includes a retaining portion engaging the retaining portion of the ring. A valve assembly includes a first valve apparatus and the pressure relief assembly configured to bypass the first valve apparatus. The valve assembly includes a main housing that surrounds the first valve apparatus and the pressure relief assembly. The main housing defines an aperture in which the cap of the pressure relief assembly is at least partially disposed in the aperture.