DEVICE FOR AVOIDING FRACTURE OF A CONTAINER WITH EXPANDABLE LIQUID

• Main Authors: REITER JEFFREY, SHELTON ARTEMUS A
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 27.08.2019
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIQUID HANDLING; OPENING, CLOSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Methods are devices are provided for preventing fracture of a fluid-filled chamber or tank. In general, an anti-fracture expansion device (10, 402, 404, 406) can be disposed internally within a fluid-filled chamber such that during a freeze event displaced fluid can compress or flow into the anti-fracture expansion device (10, 402, 404, 406), thereby reducing the likelihood that the chamber will rupture. The internal disposition of the expansion device (10, 402, 404, 406) prevents it from interfering with other components that may be connected to or adjacent to the fluid chamber, thereby conserving space. In certain embodiments, the expansion device (10, 402, 404, 406) can have a dual function wherein it can act as a flow control valve in addition to functioning as an anti-fracture expansion device. 提供了用于防止流体填充腔室或箱破裂的方法和装置。一般来说，防破裂膨胀装置（10，402，404，406）可以设置在流体填充腔室内部内，使得在冻结事件期间，移位的流体可以压缩或流到防破裂膨胀装置（10，402，404，406）中，从而降低腔室将断裂的可能性。膨胀装置（10，402，404，406）的内部设置防止其干扰可以连接到流体腔室或邻近于流体腔室的其他部件，从而节省空间。在某些实施例中，膨胀装置（10，402，404，4