Manifold
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Taekwangfujikin Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong Cheon Kim, Jae Jun Lee, Gu Ho Kim, Yong Ki Kim, Yong Seob Sin
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Abstract
A manifold can include a manifold body including a fluid passage allowing a fluid to flow and a port provided to discharge the fluid from the fluid passage, a pipe inserted into the port of the manifold body, and including a pipe fluid passage connected to the fluid passage when the pipe is inserted into the port, a nut member inserted into the port and coupled to the manifold body while supporting the pipe, and a sealing member provided to receive a sensing dye inside the sealing member and to discharge the sensing dye out of the port through the fluid flowing of the port from the fluid passage or the pipe fluid passage.
Claims20
A manifold comprising:
- a manifold body including a manifold fluid passage and a port configured to discharge a fluid from the manifold fluid passage;
- a pipe inserted into the port of the manifold body and including a pipe fluid passage fluidly connected to the manifold fluid passage via the port;
- a nut member inserted into the port and coupled to the manifold body while supporting the pipe;
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- a sealing member interposed between the nut member and the manifold body outside of the pipe, wherein the sealing member includes a sensing dye therein, and wherein the sealing member is configured to discharge the sensing dye out of the port along with the fluid flowing out of the port from the manifold fluid passage or the pipe fluid passage.
A manifold system comprising:
- a manifold body having a first outer surface, a port extending into the manifold body from the first outer surface, the port having a female-threaded portion with a port diameter, and a manifold fluid passage extending from a bottom surface of the port into the manifold body;
- a pipe having a pipe fluid passage configured to be fluidly coupled to the manifold fluid passage via the port;
- a nut member having an inner circumferential surface configured to receive and support an outer circumferential surface of the pipe therein, the nut member having a male-threaded portion on a nut fixing part, the male-threaded portion being configured to threadedly engage with the female-threaded portion of the port, the nut member having a pressing surface configured to face the bottom surface of the port when the nut member is threadedly engaged with the port;
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- a sealing member configured to be outside of the pipe and interposed between the pressing surface of the nut member and the bottom surface of the port when the nut member is threadedly engaged with the port, wherein the sealing member includes a sensing dye therein.
A manifold system comprising:
- a manifold body having a first outer surface, a port extending into the manifold body from the first outer surface, the port having a female-threaded portion with a port diameter, and a manifold fluid passage extending from a bottom surface of the port into the manifold body;
- a pipe having a pipe fluid passage configured to be fluidly coupled to the manifold fluid passage via the port;
- a nut member having an inner circumferential surface configured to receive and support an outer circumferential surface of the pipe therein, the nut member having a male-threaded portion on a nut fixing part, the male-threaded portion being configured to threadedly engage with the female-threaded portion of the port, the nut member having a pressing surface configured to face the bottom surface of the port when the nut member is threadedly engaged with the port, wherein the nut fixing part includes a guide slot therein, the guide slot extending along the nut fixing part to intersect the male-threaded portion, such that the guide slot is configured to provide fluid communication between a bottom space of the port adjacent to the bottom surface and the first outer surface of the manifold body when the nut member is threadedly engaged with the port;
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- a sealing member configured to be outside of the pipe and interposed between the pressing surface of the nut member and the bottom surface of the port when the nut member is threadedly engaged with the port, wherein the sealing member includes a sensing dye therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.