US 12,259,051 B2
Pressure release housing
Henning Johannes Michael Pries, Lower Saxony (DE); August Wallmeyer, Recke (DE); Christof Hermann Esselmann, Nordwalde (DE); Guido Temme, Bad Iburg (DE); and Thomas Niehaus, Niedersachen (DE)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/224,168.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325812 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F16K 17/30 (2006.01); F16K 1/30 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 17/30 (2013.01) [F16K 1/307 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first section of a housing;
a second section of the housing, the second section connected to the first section by a connection region that uses a plurality of connection elements;
an inlet, connected to the first or the second section, through which a gas enters the first section and the second section of the housing;
an outlet, connected to the first or the second section, through which the gas exits the housing; and
a valve connected to the outlet, the valve configured to withstand a first pressure in the housing,
wherein the connection region is configured to fail when a second pressure exists in the housing, the second pressure being smaller than the first pressure.