CN220688118U - Pressure relief valve assembly and vehicle - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses relief valve subassembly and vehicle relates to vehicle technical field. The pressure relief valve assembly comprises a pressure relief valve body and a cover body, the pressure relief valve body is provided with an outer pressure relief surface, the outer pressure relief surface is provided with at least one pressure relief opening, the cover body is arranged on the pressure relief valve body, a diversion air passage is formed between the cover body and the outer pressure relief surface in a surrounding mode, the diversion air passage is arranged in parallel with the outer pressure relief surface, therefore, the planning of the peripheral gas of the pressure relief valve can be achieved, the peripheral gas flow of the pressure relief valve body is prevented from forming a high-speed drumstick to strike the outer pressure relief surface, abnormal sound is avoided when the pressure relief valve body runs at a high speed, and the user experience is improved.
Description
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of vehicles, in particular to a pressure release valve assembly and a vehicle.
Background
When the vehicle runs at a high speed, the air release valve body arranged on the vehicle body and the vehicle inner cavity form a cavity containing vibration components, and when air flows out of the vehicle body, the air release valve body can generate low-frequency booming noise or pulsation 'booming sound', so that the use experience of a user is seriously influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The present application aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, the application provides a relief valve assembly and vehicle, aims at avoiding the abnormal sound generated at the relief valve when the vehicle runs at a high speed, and improves the use experience of a user.
In a first aspect, the present application provides a pressure relief valve assembly comprising:
the pressure relief valve body is provided with an outer pressure relief surface, and the outer pressure relief surface is provided with at least one pressure relief opening;
the cover body is arranged on the pressure relief valve body, a diversion air passage is formed between the cover body and the outer pressure relief surface in a surrounding mode, and the diversion air passage is arranged in parallel with the outer pressure relief surface.
According to the relief valve assembly, through setting up the lid, and install the lid in the relief valve body, enclose between lid and the outer relief surface to establish and be formed with the water conservancy diversion air flue, water conservancy diversion air flue and outer relief surface parallel arrangement to realize planning the peripheral gas of release valve, prevent that the peripheral air current of relief valve body from forming high-speed "drumstick" from striking outer relief surface, the relief valve body produces abnormal sound when avoiding traveling at a high speed, has improved user's use experience.
According to one embodiment of the present application, the flow guiding air channel has at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet, and the orientation of the at least one air inlet and the orientation of the at least one air outlet are arranged in an intersecting manner.
According to one embodiment of the present application, the orientation of the at least one air inlet and the orientation of the at least one air outlet are arranged vertically.
According to one embodiment of the present application, the total area of the at least one air inlet is S1, wherein 15cm 2 ≤S1≤22cm 2 。
According to one embodiment of the present application, the total area of the at least one air outlet is S2, wherein 18cm 2 ≤S2≤25cm 2 。
According to one embodiment of the present application, the at least one air outlet comprises a first air outlet and a second air outlet, and the orientation of the first air outlet is parallel to the orientation of the second air outlet.
According to one embodiment of the application, the pressure relief valve body is used for being installed at the rear of the vehicle body;
the at least one air inlet is parallel to the left and right directions;
the at least one air outlet is oriented parallel to the up-down direction.
According to an embodiment of the application, the lid with it is fixed through buckle structure joint between the pressure release valve body, buckle structure include the card protruding and with the draw-in groove of the protruding looks adaptation of card, the card protruding with one of draw-in groove is located the lid, another one is located the pressure release valve body.
According to one embodiment of the present application, the snap-fit structure is provided in plurality, and a plurality of the snap-fit structures are provided along the circumferential interval of the pressure relief valve body.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body;
the pressure relief valve assembly as described above is configured to be mounted behind the vehicle body.
According to the vehicle of this application, through setting up the relief valve subassembly to guarantee that the inside and outside atmospheric pressure of car is stable, and when avoiding the vehicle to travel at a high speed, produce abnormal sound, improve user's use experience.
According to one embodiment of the application, the vehicle body comprises a vehicle body metal plate and a rear bumper, and a mounting cavity is formed by surrounding the rear bumper and the vehicle body metal plate;
the pressure relief valve assembly is mounted in the mounting cavity.
According to one embodiment of the present application, the pressure relief valve assemblies are at least two, and the at least two pressure relief valve assemblies are arranged in the installation cavity at intervals in the left-right direction.
Additional aspects and advantages of the application will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the application.
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The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a pressure relief valve assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure mounted to a vehicle body;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a pressure relief valve assembly (at an angle) according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of a pressure relief valve assembly (at another angle) provided in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of a pressure relief valve assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the assembly of the cover and the pressure relief valve body;
fig. 6 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of a vehicle provided in an embodiment of the present application.
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a pressure relief valve assembly 100;
a pressure relief valve body 110, an outer pressure relief surface 111, and a pressure relief vent 112;
a cover 120;
an air inlet 131, an air outlet 132, a first air outlet 132a, a second air outlet 132b;
a card projection 141 and a card groove 142;
a vehicle body 200;
a body sheet metal 210, a rear bumper 220;
and a mounting cavity a.
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Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.
The application discloses relief valve subassembly and vehicle.
A relief valve assembly and a vehicle according to embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 6.
According to one embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1-4, a pressure relief valve assembly 100 includes a pressure relief valve body 110 and a cover 120.
Referring to fig. 4, the relief valve body 110 has an outer relief surface 111 provided with at least one relief vent 112.
It should be noted that, the outer pressure release surface 111 of the pressure release valve body 110 is disposed away from the cabin in the vehicle, and at least one pressure release opening 112 disposed on the outer pressure release surface 111 is used for allowing the air pressure of the cabin in the vehicle to be discharged through the pressure release opening 112 when the air pressure of the cabin in the vehicle is larger. In addition, the pressure relief port 112 is a one-way pressure relief port, that is, the gas in the cabin of the vehicle can only be discharged to the outside of the vehicle through the pressure relief port 112, and the gas outside the vehicle cannot be discharged to the inside of the vehicle through the pressure relief port 112. In addition, since the principle of the relief valve 110 for realizing the one-way relief is known technology, the disclosure is not repeated here. And the pressure relief openings 112 may be provided in one or in a plurality, and the number of the specific pressure relief openings 112 may be selected and set according to the size of the pressure relief as required, which is not limited in this application.
The cover 120 is mounted on the pressure relief valve 110, and a diversion air passage is formed between the cover 120 and the outer pressure relief surface 111.
It should be noted that the flow guiding air passage is curved, that is, the backflow air passage may have corners, in one embodiment, the number of corners may be one, and in other embodiments, the flow guiding air passage may further have two or more corners, which is not limited in this application.
In addition, the cover 120 may be made of various materials, for example, in one embodiment, the cover 120 may be made of metal, such as stainless steel, aluminum alloy, or aluminum magnesium alloy, and in another embodiment, the cover 120 may be made of plastic, such as PP plastic, PET plastic, HDPE plastic, and so on.
The diversion air flue and the outer pressure release surface 111 are arranged in parallel, so that the condition that the gas exhausted by the diversion air flue blows to the outer pressure release surface 111 is avoided, the airflow is similar to a drumstick to continuously strike the outer pressure release surface 111, and low-frequency bombing noise or pulsation 'humping sound' is generated.
According to the relief valve assembly 100, through setting up lid 120, and install lid 120 in relief valve body 110, enclose between lid 120 and the outer relief surface 111 to establish and be formed with the water conservancy diversion air flue, water conservancy diversion air flue and outer relief surface 111 looks parallel arrangement to realize planning the peripheral gas of relief valve body 110, prevent that the peripheral air current of relief valve body 110 from forming "drumstick" of high speed from striking outer relief surface 111, relief valve body 110 produces abnormal sound when avoiding high-speed traveling, improved user experience.
It should be noted that when the air conditioner is placed in the external circulation state and the vehicle is running on a smooth and straight road surface, when the vehicle speed is increased to 130km/h, obvious low-frequency noise can be heard at the rear-row position of the vehicle, in addition, when the vehicle speed is continuously increased, the amplitude of the rear-row low-frequency noise is obviously increased, and when the vehicle speed is 140km/h, the noise is maximized.
In an embodiment, the diversion air passage is provided with at least one air inlet 131 and at least one air outlet 132, and the direction of the at least one air inlet 131 and the direction of the at least one air outlet 132 are arranged in an intersecting manner, so that the effect of planning the peripheral air flow of the pressure relief valve body 110 is improved, and the noise reduction effect is optimized.
Further, the direction of the at least one air inlet 131 and the direction of the at least one air outlet 132 are perpendicular, so that the flow velocity of the air in the diversion airway can be reduced while improving the planning effect of the peripheral air flow of the pressure relief valve body 110 and optimizing the noise reduction effect.
In one embodiment, the total area of the at least one air inlet 131 is S1, wherein 15cm 2 ≤S1≤22cm 2 By the arrangement, the efficiency of planning the airflow on the periphery of the pressure relief valve body 110 is improved, and the noise reduction effect is good.
In one embodiment, the total area of the at least one air outlet 132 is S2, wherein 18cm 2 ≤S2≤25cm 2 By the arrangement, the efficiency of planning the airflow on the periphery of the pressure relief valve body 110 is improved, and the noise reduction effect is good.
It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the total area of the at least one air inlet 131 may be substantially the same as or completely the same as the total area of the at least one air outlet 132, so that the noise reduction effect is the best. Of course, in other embodiments, the total area of the at least one air inlet 131 may also be smaller than the total area of the at least one air outlet 132, and in particular, the present application is not limited thereto.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 2 to 4, the at least one air outlet 132 includes a first air outlet 132a and a second air outlet 132b, and the direction of the first air outlet 132a is parallel to the direction of the second air outlet 132b, so that the air discharging efficiency is improved, the air planning effect on the periphery of the pressure relief valve body 110 is improved, the air interference is avoided, and the noise reduction effect is good.
Further, the centers of the first air outlet 132a and the second air outlet 132b may be disposed in a collinear manner, that is, along the direction of the first air outlet 132a, the projection of the first air outlet 132a may be completely overlapped with the projection of the second air outlet 132b, so as to avoid interference between the first air outlet 132a and the second air outlet 132b during air discharge.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 6, the pressure relief valve body 110 is configured to be installed at the rear of the vehicle body 200, at least one air inlet 131 is oriented parallel to the left-right direction, and at least one air outlet 132 is oriented parallel to the up-down direction, so that when the vehicle body 200 travels at a high speed, air flows into the vehicle body 200 and then is convenient for the air to enter the air inlet 131, and when the air is discharged from the air outlet 132, planning of the air flow around the pressure relief valve body 110 is realized, and the noise reduction effect is good.
The left-right direction and the up-down direction are relative to the vehicle body, and the specific directions are shown in fig. 2.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the cover 120 and the pressure relief valve body 110 are fastened and fixed by a fastening structure, the fastening structure includes a fastening protrusion 141 and a fastening groove 142 adapted to the fastening protrusion 141, one of the fastening protrusion 141 and the fastening groove 142 is disposed on the cover 120, the other is disposed on the pressure relief valve body 110, and the fastening protrusion 141 and the fastening groove 142 are mounted in a matched manner, so that the detachable connection between the cover 120 and the pressure relief valve body 110 is realized, and the operation is simple.
It should be noted that, the manner of implementing the detachable connection between the cover 120 and the pressure relief valve body 110 may also enable the cover 120 and the pressure relief valve body 110 to be connected by a threaded structure, and the application is not limited in this particular aspect.
In other embodiments, the cover 120 and the relief valve 110 may be welded or glued together, which is not limited in this application.
In order to improve the firmness of connection between the cover 120 and the pressure relief valve body 110, the buckle structures are arranged in a plurality, and the buckle structures are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the pressure relief valve body 110, so that the connection between the cover 120 and the pressure relief valve body 110 is firm and reliable through the combined action of the buckle structures.
Referring to fig. 1 and 6, the present embodiment also provides a vehicle including a vehicle body 200 and the relief valve assembly 100 of any of the embodiments described above, the relief valve assembly 100 being for mounting behind the vehicle body 200.
It should be noted that, there are various ways in which the relief valve assembly 100 is mounted behind the vehicle body 200, for example, in an embodiment, the relief valve assembly 100 may be fixed to the vehicle body 200 by welding, and in other embodiments, the relief valve assembly 100 may be fixed to the vehicle body 200 by clamping or by a screw connection, etc., which is not limited in this application.
According to the vehicle of this application, through setting up relief valve subassembly 100 to guarantee that the inside and outside atmospheric pressure of car is stable, and when avoiding the vehicle to travel at a high speed, produce abnormal sound, improve user's use experience.
The types of vehicles are various, for example, cars, SUVs, MPVs, sports cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, dump trucks, traction vehicles, and the like, and the present application is not limited thereto.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the vehicle body 200 includes a metal plate 210 of the vehicle body and a rear bumper 220, an installation cavity a is formed between the rear bumper 220 and the metal plate 210 of the vehicle body, the pressure release valve assembly 100 is installed in the installation cavity a, and in this way, when the air pressure stability inside and outside the vehicle is ensured, abnormal noise is avoided, the overall aesthetic degree of the vehicle body 200 is improved, and the effect is good.
In an embodiment, the pressure release valve assembly 100 is provided with at least two, and the at least two pressure release valve assemblies 100 are distributed in the installation cavity a along the left-right direction at intervals, so that the pressure release efficiency is improved, the abnormal sound is avoided when the air pressure inside and outside the automobile is stable, and the use experience of a user is improved.
The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged, as appropriate, such that embodiments of the present application may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the objects identified by "first," "second," etc. are generally of a type and not limited to the number of objects, e.g., the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/", generally means that the associated object is an "or" relationship.
In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like indicate or are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be configured and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.
In the description of the present application, "a first feature", "a second feature" may include one or more of the features.
In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more.
In the description of this application, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, and may also include the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact by another feature therebetween.
In the description of this application, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature.
In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: many changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.
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1. A pressure relief valve assembly, comprising:
the pressure relief valve body is provided with an outer pressure relief surface, and the outer pressure relief surface is provided with at least one pressure relief opening;
the cover body is arranged on the pressure relief valve body, a diversion air passage is formed between the cover body and the outer pressure relief surface in a surrounding mode, and the diversion air passage is arranged in parallel with the outer pressure relief surface.
2. The pressure relief valve assembly of claim 1, wherein the flow-directing air passage has at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet, the at least one air inlet oriented to intersect the at least one air outlet oriented.
3. The pressure relief valve assembly of claim 2, wherein the orientation of the at least one air inlet and the orientation of the at least one air outlet are disposed vertically.
4. The pressure relief valve assembly of claim 2, wherein the at least one air inlet has a total area S1, wherein 15cm 2 ≤S1≤22cm 2 。
5. The pressure relief valve assembly according to claim 2, wherein a total area of said at least one air outlet is S2, wherein 18cm 2 ≤S2≤25cm 2 。
6. The pressure relief valve assembly of claim 2, wherein the at least one air outlet comprises a first air outlet and a second air outlet, the first air outlet oriented parallel to the second air outlet oriented.
7. The pressure relief valve assembly of claim 2, wherein the pressure relief valve body is adapted to be mounted behind a vehicle body;
the at least one air inlet is parallel to the left and right directions;
the at least one air outlet is oriented parallel to the up-down direction.
8. The pressure relief valve assembly according to any one of claims 1-7 wherein said cover and said pressure relief valve body are secured by a snap fit arrangement, said snap fit arrangement comprising a snap fit projection and a snap fit recess adapted to said snap fit projection, one of said snap fit projection and said snap fit recess being provided in said cover and the other of said snap fit recess being provided in said pressure relief valve body.
9. The pressure relief valve assembly of claim 8, wherein a plurality of said snap features are provided and a plurality of said snap features are spaced circumferentially about said pressure relief valve body.
10. A vehicle, characterized by comprising:
a vehicle body; the method comprises the steps of,
the pressure relief valve assembly of any one of claims 1 to 9 for mounting behind the vehicle body.
11. The vehicle of claim 10, wherein the vehicle body comprises a body panel and a rear bumper, the rear bumper and the body panel enclosing a mounting cavity therebetween;
the pressure relief valve assembly is mounted in the mounting cavity.
12. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein at least two of the relief valve assemblies are disposed in the mounting cavity at a left-right spacing.
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