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US 12,714,894 B2Granted
Hot-melt cap
AssigneeAmpere S.A.S.
InventorsVictor Chaudoy, Thierry Tourret
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Abstract
A device is for extinguishing a fire inside an electric storage device of a vehicle. The extinguishing device includes at least one cap and a cylinder containing at least one gas for extinguishing the fire. The cylinder includes a closing seal and defines a space containing the gas. The cap includes at least one puncturing device and a base provided with an apertured wall. The puncturing device is capable of breaking the closing seal of the cylinder whilst maintaining its air-tightness.
Claims10
An extinguishing device for extinguishing a fire in an electrical storage device of a vehicle, the extinguishing device comprising:
- a cap and a bottle containing at least a fire-extinguishing gas, the bottle having a sealing membrane and delimiting a volume containing the gas, the cap comprising at least one piercing device,
- wherein the piercing device is made from an at least partially hot-melt material, the piercing device comprising at least a body and a spike both containing a hot-melt material and
- wherein the cap is configured to be secured to the bottle so that the 2 spike ruptures the sealing membrane of said bottle and so that the hot-melt material of the piercing device hermetically seals the gas within the volume of the bottle after the piercing device ruptures the sealing membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.