US 12,379,039 B2
Emergency degassing valve apparatus
Christian Pfeiffer, Enkenbach (DE); Melanie Sindel, Nuremberg (DE); and Bernhard Aberle, Bad Tölz (DE)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/297,779.
Claims priority of application No. 102022108771.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 11, 2022; and application No. 102023106792.3 (DE), filed on Mar. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0323973 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 24/02 (2006.01); F16K 15/03 (2006.01); F16K 15/14 (2006.01); F16K 17/04 (2006.01); F16K 17/36 (2006.01); F16K 24/04 (2006.01); H01M 50/325 (2021.01)
CPC F16K 24/02 (2013.01) [F16K 15/033 (2013.01); F16K 17/0493 (2013.01); F16K 17/363 (2013.01); F16K 24/04 (2013.01); F16K 15/148 (2013.01); H01M 50/325 (2021.01); Y10T 137/7779 (2015.04); Y10T 137/789 (2015.04)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An emergency degassing apparatus, comprising: a base body, an degassing valve having an degassing opening and a pressure cap for closing the emergency degassing opening, and a pressure compensation element (DAE) having a first and a second pressure compensation valve, wherein a spring device is provided, which is configured so as to exerta specified force on the pressure cap so that the pressure cap is retained in a closed position, wherein the spring device is configured such that, upon reaching a specified internal pressure in a space to be degassed, the spring device releases the pressure cap.