US 12,411,507 B2
Pressure regulator and method for regulating the same
Yu Hyun Sung, Seoul (KR); Byungwoo Moon, Gunpo-Si (KR); Juhyung Han, Hwaseong-Si (KR); and Yeongjun Kwon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,692.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0151969 (KR), filed on Nov. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140942 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 22/02 (2006.01); B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 22/02 (2013.01) [B01D 53/22 (2013.01); B60R 16/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressure regulator apparatus provided on a component of a vehicle to discharge gas inside the component to outside of the component, the pressure regulator apparatus comprising:
a case in which an opening is provided at a first end portion of the case, an outlet is provided at a second end portion of the case, and the opening is provided to be inserted into a housing of the component;
a fan provided inside the case;
a filter provided inside the case, the filter allowing the gas to be discharged from the inside of the component to the outside of the component while blocking inflow of moisture from the outside of the component to the inside of the component; and
a controller electrically connected to the fan and provided to regulate driving and rotation speed of the fan,
wherein the controller, when an occurrence of dew condensation inside the component is predicted, is configured to drive the fan.