US 11,821,356 B2 · Reed valve and reed valve airbox

Abstract

A reed valve includes a first valve body portion that includes one or more inlet apertures fluidly coupled to a tapered second valve body portion that includes one or more outlet apertures. The reed valve includes at least one sealing surface disposed proximate the one or more outlet apertures and at least one petal continuously, reversibly, displaceable between an OPEN position permitting forward flow through the reed valve when a fluid pressure proximate the at least one inlet aperture exceeds a fluid pressure proximate the at least one outlet aperture and a CLOSED position preventing reverse flow through the reed valve when a fluid pressure proximate the at least one outlet aperture exceeds a fluid pressure proximate the at least one inlet aperture. The reed valve may be installed in an airbox assembly used with a turbocharged engine to reduce the occurrence of turbo-lag on acceleration.

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Dependent claims

A reed valve comprising:

a valve body having one or more passageways formed therethrough, each of the one or more passageways including at least one inlet aperture and at least one outlet aperture;
a first seal extending completely around the at least one outlet aperture;
a second seal extending completely around the at least one outlet aperture, wherein the first seal is spaced apart from and extends completely around the second seal;
and
at least one petal flexibly coupled to the valve body, the at least one petal configured to transition between:
an open position configured to permit flow through the at least one outlet aperture;
and
a closed position where the at least one petal contacts the first and the seals to prevent flow through the at least one outlet aperture.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Reed valve and reed valve airbox

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Reed valve and reed valve airbox

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Abstract

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