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US 11,230,962 B2Granted
Reservoir tank with integrated ejector
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSeong Bin Jeong
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Abstract
A reservoir tank with an integrated ejector, includes: a tank body having a space in which a coolant and a gas are contained; and an ejector integrally coupled to the tank body, wherein the ejector is configured to cool the gas produced from a gas source using the coolant contained in the tank body before the gas flows into the tank body.
Claims11
A reservoir tank, the pressurized reservoir tank comprising:
- a tank body having a space for accommodating a coolant and gas;
- and
- an ejector integrally coupled to the tank body,
- wherein the ejector is configured to be fluidly connected to a gas source, and configured to spray gas produced from the gas source into the space of the tank body,
- wherein the ejector includes a first passage, a second passage straightly connected to the first passage, a nozzle located between the first passage and the second passage, and a third passage connected to the second passage,
- wherein the first passage is configured to be fluidly connected to the gas source,
- wherein the third passage is configured to fluidly connecting the tank body to the second passage,
- wherein the ejector includes an ejector body and an intake tube extending from the ejector body,
- wherein the first passage, the second passage, and the nozzle extend within the ejector body in an axial direction of the ejector body, and
- wherein the third passage extends within the intake tube in an axial direction of the intake tube.
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A reservoir tank, the pressurized reservoir tank comprising:
- a tank body having a space for accommodating a coolant and gas;
- and
- an ejector integrally coupled to the tank body,
- wherein the ejector is configured to cool gas produced from a gas source using the coolant contained in the tank body before gas flows into the tank body,
- wherein the ejector includes a first passage, a second passage straightly connected to the first passage, a nozzle located between the first passage and the second passage, and a third passage connected to the second passage,
- wherein the first passage is configured to be fluidly connected to the gas source,
- wherein the third passage is configured to fluidly connecting the tank body to the second passage,
- wherein the ejector includes an ejector body and an intake tube extending from the ejector body,
- wherein the first passage, the second passage, and the nozzle extend within the ejector body in an axial direction of the ejector body, and
- wherein the third passage extends within the intake tube in an axial direction of the intake tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.