CN103726920A

CN103726920A - Reservoir for reducing aeration of a fluid

Info

Publication number: CN103726920A
Application number: CN201310480312.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: M.A.马丁
Original assignee: Mann and Hummel GmbH
Current assignee: Mann and Hummel GmbH
Priority date: 2012-10-15
Filing date: 2013-10-15
Publication date: 2014-04-16
Anticipated expiration: 2033-10-15
Also published as: CN103726920B; DE102013016294A1

Abstract

The invention relates to reservoir for reducing aeration of a fluid. The fluid reservoir includes a housing, a nozzle and a cup. The housing defines a chamber for retaining a fluid. The nozzle receives the fluid and directs the fluid toward the chamber. The cup is disposed in the chamber and defines an interior volume in fluid communication with the nozzle for directly receiving the fluid from the nozzle. A portion of the cup may be captured between the housing and the nozzle. The cup defines at least one fluid path between the interior volume and the chamber.

Description

For reducing the reservoir that fluid foams

The cross reference of related application

The application requires the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/714 that is entitled as " method (FLUID RESERVOIR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FLUID RESERVOIR) of fluid reservoir and manufacture fluid reservoir " submitting on October 15th, 2012,050 rights and interests, this U.S. Provisional Patent Application here by reference entirety be incorporated to herein.

Technical field

The disclosure relates generally to fluid reservoir.More particularly, the disclosure relates to the reservoir for reducing fluid and foam (aeration).The disclosure also relates more particularly to manufacture the method for reducing the fluid reservoir that fluid foams.

Background technique

This part provides the background information relevant with the disclosure, and it might not be prior art.

The circulation of the various fluids of action need of motor vehicle.For example, in conventional maneuver vehicle, freezing mixture is used to extract heat from motor, and heat is guided to the heater fuse being arranged in guest room.Pump will be subject to the freezing mixture of heating engines from cycle of engine to heater fuse and radiator.By radiator and heater fuse, from freezing mixture, take away heat.Pump further by chilled fluid from radiator and the heater fuse return engine that circulates, for further cooled engine.

When the temperature rise of freezing mixture, volume correspondingly expands.Radiator pressure cap is maintained until at utmost predetermined by the pressure in radiator.Freezing mixture reservoir is conventionally being provided to adapt to the expansion of freezing mixture, and in order to lay in freezing mixture.

The fluid (for example, freezing mixture) that enters normal storage device may foam (aerated mixes with air).For example, fluid may enter reservoir with relatively high speed, and foams in response to turbulent flow.Bubble may be introduced in fluid mobile in the coolant flow body loop in motor and heat sink assembly.Contingent is that air is captured in engine-cooling system, and the some parts of captive air may be involved in coolant fluid stream as bubble.Being trapped in air in fluid preferably leaves fluid reservoir (for example,, for the heat transfer in vehicle) at fluid and from fluid, is discharged before.In addition, advantageously stop such as be involved in air etc. due to existence former thereby in reservoir, produce foam.

Although be successful on the whole for their expection object such as the known fluid reservoirs such as freezing mixture reservoir have been proved, still exist in association area and carry out improved lasting demand.

Summary of the invention

This part provides Basic Profile of the present disclosure, rather than characteristic comprehensively open to its gamut or institute.

According to a particular aspects, instruction of the present invention provides a kind of fluid reservoir, and it comprises housing, ozzle and cup.Described housing limits the chamber for keeping fluid.Described ozzle receives fluid, and described fluid is introduced in described chamber.Described cup is at least partially disposed in described chamber, and limits the internal volume being communicated with ozzle fluid, for directly receiving fluid from ozzle.Described cup limits at least one fluid path between volume and described chamber therein.

According to another particular aspects, instruction of the present invention similarly provides a kind of fluid reservoir, and it comprises housing, ozzle and cup.Described housing limits the chamber for keeping fluid.Described housing has opening.Described ozzle comprises assembly department and extension part.Described assembly department is fixed to described housing.Described extension part extends from described assembly department.Described cup is at least generally arranged in described chamber, thereby the extension part of described ozzle is extended in the internal volume of described cup.Described cup limits at least one fluid path between described internal volume and described chamber.

According to another particular aspects, instruction of the present invention provides the method for the fluid reservoir of a kind of manufacture for reducing fluid and foaming.Described method comprises provides the housing that has opening and limit the chamber for keeping fluid.Described method additionally comprises to be inserted at least a portion of cup through described opening and enters in described chamber.Between the described glass of internal volume at described cup and described chamber, limit at least one fluid path.Described method further comprises ozzle is fixed to described housing, thereby described cup is trapped between described housing and described ozzle.

Other suitable application area will become cheer and bright from description provided herein.Description in content of the present invention and concrete example are intended to the only object for illustrating, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Accompanying drawing described herein is only for the object of selected embodiment rather than all possible mode of execution is described, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

Fig. 1 is the perspective view of according to the teachings of the present invention constructing the fluid reservoir forming;

Fig. 2 is the perspective exploded view of the fluid reservoir shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 intercepts along the line 3-3 shown in Fig. 1 the sectional view obtaining;

Fig. 4 is the zoomed-in view of the part in the cross section shown in Fig. 3; And

Fig. 5 is the zoomed-in view of the cup of the fluid reservoir of instruction of the present invention.

Corresponding reference character represents corresponding component in whole accompanying drawings.The element of accompanying drawing is drawn in proportion in each view.

Embodiment

Referring now to accompanying drawing, exemplary embodiment is more fully described.

It will be openly sufficient that exemplary embodiment is provided to make the disclosure, and will pass on all sidedly the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.Numerous details are presented, and for example example of particular elements, apparatus and method, in order to provide fully understanding embodiment of the present disclosure.It will be apparent to those skilled in the art: and these details of nonessential employing, can embody exemplary embodiment by many different forms, and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present disclosure.In some exemplary embodiments, do not describe well-known technique, well-known apparatus structure and well-known technology in detail.

Term as used herein is only for describing the object of certain exemplary embodiments, and is not intended to limit.As used herein, the singulatives such as " ", " ", " being somebody's turn to do " are intended to also comprise plural form, unless context separately has clear and definite explanation.Term " comprises ", " containing ", " comprising " and " having " be open, therefore show the existence of stated feature, entirety, step, operation, element and/or parts, but do not get rid of existence or the interpolation of one or more further features, entirety, step, operation, element, parts and/or its combination.Method step described herein, technique and operation should not be construed as must with the particular order discussing or illustrate carry out, unless be indicated as especially execution sequence.It is also to be understood that: can adopt additional or alternative step.

When element or layer be called as another element or layer " on " or when " being engaged to ", " being connected to " or " being attached to " another element or layer, it can be directly on described another element or layer or directly engage, connect or be attached to described another element or layer, or can have intermediary element or layer.On the contrary, when element is called as " directly " on another element or layer or when " being directly engaged to ", " being connected directly to " or " being attached directly to " another element or layer, can not have intermediary element or layer.For other word of describing the relation between element also should explain in an identical manner (for example " and ... between " and " directly exist ... between ", " adjacent " and " direct neighbor " etc.).As used herein, term "and/or" comprises the one or more arbitrary and all combinations in the listed items being associated.

Although can describe each element, parts, region, layer and/or portion's section with first, second, third, etc. term herein, these elements, parts, region, layer and/or portion's section should not limited by these terms.These terms can be only for distinguishing an element, parts, region, layer or portion's section and another region, layer or portion's section.When using herein, such as the terms such as " first ", " second " and other ordinal number do not imply sequence or order, unless context separately clearly states.Therefore, following the first element, parts, region, layer or portion's section can be called as the second element, parts, region, layer or portion's section, and do not deviate from the instruction of exemplary embodiment.

Term that can be relative in this paper usage space, such as " interior ", " outward ", " below ", " below ", D score, " top ", " on " etc., to describe element as shown in the figure or the relation of feature and other element or feature.On space, relative term can be intended to the different orientation except the orientation shown in figure that comprises the device in use or operation.For example, if the device in figure is reversed, be described as be in other element or feature " below " or " below " so element will be oriented in other element or feature " top ".Therefore, exemplary term " below " can comprise these two orientations of above and below.Device can be orientated (90-degree rotation or in other orientation) otherwise, and on space used herein, relative descriptor should correspondingly be explained.

Overall referring to Fig. 1～Fig. 5 in accompanying drawing, it shows the fluid reservoir that according to the teachings of the present invention structure forms and indicates with reference character 10 generally.Reservoir 10 is particularly intended to reduce fluid and foams.In the illustrated embodiment, fluid reservoir is the freezing mixture reservoir 10 for freezing mixture.But, should be understood that: instruction of the present invention goes for reducing other application that fluid foams.

Although not shown, should be understood that, fluid reservoir 10 can be communicated with the motor of motor vehicle and radiator fluid.Fluid reservoir 10 also can be arranged at the guest room of motor vehicle in for the heater core subflow body that heats guest room, be communicated with.The fluid (for example, freezing mixture) that pump can heat launched machine is from cycle of engine to radiator with heater fuse.Can be by radiator and heater fuse from fluid removal heat.Chilled fluid can be back to motor, for further cooled engine.

Freezing mixture reservoir 10 is shown as and substantially comprises housing 12.As shown in whole accompanying drawings, housing 10 can be general rectangular in shape.Further illustrate, housing 10 can comprise the side that six cardinal principles are orientated orthogonally.But in the scope of instruction of the present invention, housing 10 can be any suitable shape, for application-specific.

Housing 10 can comprise one or

more casing members

14 and 16, and their coordinated to limit cavity 18 in housing 10.In the illustrated embodiment, housing 10 comprises the first and second casing members 14 and 16.As shown in the figure, the first and

second casing members

14 and 16 can be respectively upper shell element and lower shell body

element.Casing member

14 and 16 can consist of polypropylene or any other suitable

material.Casing member

14 and 16 can be by thermal weld, friction welding, laser bonding, ultrasonic welding, with bonding mode, fix or be otherwise firmly fastened to, to closely coordinate each other, thereby forms the housing 10 of one (single).

As shown in whole accompanying drawings,

casing member

14 and 16 can be identical from one another.Like this, can likely reduce the tooling cost, design cost and the stock that are associated.Consider the similarity between

casing member

14 and 16, compared with casing member 16, can describe in more detail herein casing member 14, but will be obvious thus to understanding completely of instruction of the present invention.

In some respects, housing 12 can carry and is formed in housing or is fixed to one or more assembly departments or the attachment 20 on housing.As shown in the figure, housing comprises multiple assembly departments 20.Although show six (6) assembly departments 20, can comprise quantity more or still less in the scope of instruction of the present invention.

Assembly department 20 can be integrally formed with casing member 14 and 16.For example, housing 12 can be injected moulding, in order to comprise integratedly assembly department.Another kind of optional mode is that assembly department 20 can be individually formed by similar or different materials, and is fixed to

casing member

14 and 16 in any mode well-known in the art.

Housing 12 is shown as and comprises multiple roughly the same assembly departments 20 in whole accompanying drawings, but should be understood that assembly department 20 can have different structures and and nonessential be roughly the same.Each assembly department 20 can comprise upwardly extending flange 22.Upwardly extending flange 22 can be columniform in shape, and can be one with assembly department.By each upwardly extending flange 22 around region A can be closed, until expect to its attached accessory optionally.Region A can be cardinal principle circle and the smooth part of housing.In this, can in housing 12, at one of region A, locate to stamp out or otherwise suitably form opening B.

One or more accessories can optionally be attached on housing 12.Described accessory can comprise neck piece, ingress port, outlet port and the ozzle for covering.Various assembly departments 20 are provided for the flexibility of attached various accessories.In the commonly assigned U. S. application sequence number 13/726,174 that this particular aspects of instruction of the present invention and another exemplary accessory are submitted at the same time, have more detailed description, this U. S. application is incorporated to herein by reference, just as providing all sidedly herein.

Freezing mixture reservoir 10 is further depicted as comprises the accessory that is ozzle or hose fitting 24 forms substantially.In usual manner, can be to the attached flexible pipe of ozzle 24, for example, for carry fluid (, freezing mixture) to reservoir 10.Ozzle 24 can comprise base portion or assembly department 26, first end 28 and the second end 30 substantially.Ozzle 24 can by polypropylene or other suitable material monolithic form.

The assembly department 26 of ozzle 24 can be cardinal principle circle or discoidal.Shown in sectional view as shown in Figure 4, the downside of assembly department 26 can be formed as comprising substantially circular recess 32.Substantially the size of circular recess 32 is made into and when ozzle 24 is attached to housing 12, receives to coordinated upwardly extending flange 22.Another kind of optional mode is, housing 12 can comprise recess 32, and assembly department 26 can comprise flange 22.Ozzle 24 can be revolved weldering (spin welded) extremely or otherwise is suitably attached to housing 12.When attached, the interface between recess 32 and flange 22 forms the intransitable sealing of fluid between housing 12 and ozzle 24.

The first end 28 of ozzle 24 is illustrated as upper end in the drawings, and can be substantially L shaped.The first shank 34 of first end 28 can engage with flexible pipe (not illustrating especially), for receiving fluid.The second shank 36 can extend downward base portion 26 from the first shank 34.The second shank 36 can broaden along with approaching base portion 26.

The second end 30 of ozzle 24 can limit the part to downward-extension, and can be from base portion 26 to downward-extension.As shown in the figure, the second end 30 can be the extension of the second shank 36 substantially.Base portion 26 can be on the edge, place, junction of the first and

second ends

28 and 30 circumferentially round the first and

second ends

28 and 30.

Freezing mixture reservoir 10 is further depicted as comprises cup 40 substantially.As will be become more cheer and bright below, cup 40 can be brought into play function substantially in order to receive fluid from ozzle 24 and fluid is passed to chamber 18, and there is not contingent fluid in other cases, foams.Cup 40 can comprise sidewall 42 substantially, and described sidewall 42 extends between bottom 44 and upper end 46.In the illustrated embodiment, this sidewall is circular sidewall 42.Upper end can comprise the assembly department that is flange 46 forms of radially extending.In the illustrated embodiment, flange 46 surrounds sidewall 42 completely.In further embodiments, flange 46 can be segmentation, or otherwise only partly around sidewall 42, extends.

Adjacent flange 46, circular sidewall 42 can be formed as comprising one or more windows or opening 48.As shown in the figure, sidewall 42 can be formed as comprising multiple windows 48 with four windows.In other application, in sidewall 42, can comprise the window 48 of more or smaller amounts.

Cup 40 can extend at least in part through the hole B in housing 12, goes forward side by side and enters the room in 18.As what perhaps illustrate the most significantly in the amplification cross section of Fig. 4, the sidewall 42 of cup 40 can have the diameter of the diameter that is less than hole B, is beneficial to sidewall 42 through hole B.Flange 46 can have the diameter of the diameter that is greater than hole B, thereby flange 46 is prevented from through hole B.Described at least one window 48 in sidewall 42 limits at least one fluid path between the internal volume 50 of cup 40 and chamber 18.

Ozzle 24 can be mounted to housing 12, thereby flange 46 is trapped between ozzle 24 and housing 12 vertically.The second portion 30 of ozzle 24 can extend downwardly in the internal volume 50 of cup.As shown in the figure, second portion 30 can extend downwardly into one or more windows 48 belows of sidewall 42.

In use, freezing mixture enters the first shank 34 of ozzle 24, then by the second shank 36.As the result of the section area of the increase of widening bottom of the second shank 36, the speed of fluid can be lowered.Freezing mixture moves on by the downward extension of ozzle 24 or second portion 38.Freezing mixture leaves ozzle 24 at the place, bottom of the second shank 36, and is directly received by cup 40.Freezing mixture mixes with the coolant reservoir at the place, bottom in cup 40.Freezing mixture upwards flows and passes one or more windows 48 and flows out cup 40, and enters in the chamber 18 of housing 12.

To embodiment's above description in order to illustrate and to describe object and provide.It is not intended to the exhaustive or restriction disclosure.Each discrete component or the feature of specific embodiment are not limited to this specific embodiment conventionally, are interchangeable in appropriate circumstances, and can in selected embodiment, use, even without specifically illustrating or describing.Same thing also can be by various ways generation modification.These modification can not be considered as deviating from the disclosure, and all these improvement are all intended to included within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. a fluid reservoir, comprising:

Limit the housing of the chamber for keeping fluid;

Be used for the ozzle that receives described fluid and guide described fluid towards described chamber; With

Be at least partially disposed on the cup in described chamber, described cup limits the internal volume being communicated with described ozzle fluid, and for directly receiving described fluid from described ozzle, described cup limits at least one fluid path between described internal volume and described chamber.

2. fluid reservoir as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described cup comprises bottom, and described at least one fluid path is above described bottom.

3. fluid reservoir as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described housing has opening, and described cup has size to make the sidewall through the general cylindrical of described opening, and described cup further comprises that contiguous its upper end and size are made and stops the retaining part of described upper end through described opening.

4. fluid reservoir as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described at least one fluid path comprises at least one window of the upper end of contiguous described cup.

5. fluid reservoir as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described ozzle and described fluid cup coordinated enter downwards described cup, from the lower side part of described ozzle upwards also through extremely described chamber of described at least one fluid path to transmit fluid from described ozzle.

6. fluid reservoir as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described ozzle and described fluid cup coordinated enter described chamber fluid to reduce foams.

7. fluid reservoir as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described housing comprises in peripheral flange and circumferential grooves, and described ozzle comprises another in described peripheral flange and circumferential grooves, described peripheral flange receives described circumferential grooves.

8. fluid reservoir as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described ozzle is revolved is welded to described housing.

9. a fluid reservoir, comprising:

Limit the housing of the chamber for keeping fluid, described housing has opening;

Ozzle, described ozzle comprises the extension part that is fixed to the assembly department of described housing and extends from described assembly department; With

Cup, described cup is at least partially disposed in described chamber, thereby the described extension part of described ozzle is extended in the internal volume of described cup, and described cup limits at least one fluid path between described internal volume and described chamber.

10. fluid reservoir as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described cup comprises bottom, and described at least one fluid path is above described bottom.

11. fluid reservoirs as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described cup comprises that upper end, described upper end have the flange extending along circumferentially, the diameter of described flange is greater than the diameter of described opening.

12. fluid reservoirs as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described at least one fluid path comprises at least one window of the upper end of contiguous described cup.

13. fluid reservoirs as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described ozzle and described fluid cup coordinated enter downwards described cup, from the lower side part of described ozzle upwards also through extremely described chamber of described at least one fluid path to transmit fluid from described ozzle.

14. fluid reservoirs as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described ozzle and described fluid cup coordinated enter described chamber fluid to reduce foams.

15. fluid reservoirs as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described housing comprises in peripheral flange and circumferential grooves, and described ozzle comprises another in described peripheral flange and circumferential grooves, described peripheral flange receives described circumferential grooves.

16. 1 kinds of manufactures are for the method for the fluid reservoir that reduces fluid and foam, and described method comprises:

The housing that has opening and limit the chamber for keeping fluid is provided;

At least a portion of cup is inserted through described opening and entered in described chamber, between the described glass of internal volume at described cup and described chamber, limit at least one fluid path; And

Ozzle is fixed to described housing, thereby described cup is trapped between described housing and described ozzle.

17. methods as claimed in claim 16, wherein, the step that ozzle is fixed to described housing comprises revolves described ozzle to be welded to described housing.

18. methods as claimed in claim 16, wherein, described housing comprises in peripheral flange and circumferential grooves, and described ozzle comprises another in described peripheral flange and circumferential grooves, described peripheral flange receives described circumferential grooves.

19. methods as claimed in claim 16, wherein, fluid path is formed, and it transmits fluid from described ozzle and enters downwards described cup, from the lower side part of described ozzle upwards also through extremely described chamber of described at least one fluid path.

20. methods as claimed in claim 16, wherein, described housing has opening, and described cup has size to make the sidewall through the general cylindrical of described opening, and described cup further comprises that contiguous its upper end and size are made and stops the retaining part of described upper end through described opening.