Accumulator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10539161-B2
Application number	US-201615769649-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2016
Priority date	Oct 22, 2015
Publication date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020

Abstract

An accumulator capable of suppressing collision of a metal bellows with a pressure vessel. A partition unit 300 includes: a tubular metal bellows 310, one end of which is side fixed to a pressure vessel 200 and which expands and contracts according to pressure in a fluid chamber and pressure in a gas chamber; and a bellows cap 320 which is fixed to another end side of the metal bellows 310, the partition unit 300 further including: a seal member 330 which is provided between the bellows cap 320 and a port 221 and seals a working fluid on the side of the fluid chamber via the metal bellows 310 when the metal bellows 310 contracts; and a sliding unit 350 which is fixed to the bellows cap 320 and slides in an expansion/contraction direction of the metal bellows 310 relative to a stay 400.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An accumulator comprising:
a pressure vessel having a port serving as an entrance and an exit of a working fluid;
a partition unit provided in the pressure vessel and partitioning the pressure vessel into a fluid chamber, in which the working fluid flows, and a gas chamber, in which gas is sealed; and
an annular member disposed in the partition unit and fixed to the pressure vessel, wherein
the partition unit includes:
a tubular metal bellows, one end side of which is fixed to the pressure vessel and which expands and contracts according to pressure in the fluid chamber and pressure in the gas chamber; and
a bellows cap which is fixed to another end side of the metal bellows,
the partition unit further includes:
a seal member which is provided between the bellows cap and the port and seals the working fluid on a side of the fluid chamber via the metal bellows when the metal bellows expands and contracts; and
a sliding unit which is fixed to the bellows cap and slides in an expansion/contraction direction of the metal bellows relative to the annular member;
the sliding unit includes:
a fixed member, one end of which is fixed to the bellows cap, and
a sliding member which is provided on another end side of the fixed member and slides relative to an outer peripheral surface of the annular member,
the fixed member is a tubular member which is provided on a port side of the bellows cap and is provided with a flow path which allows moving in and out of the working fluid therethrough, and
the sliding member is provided on an inner wall surface of the tubular member.

2. An accumulator comprising:
a pressure vessel having a port serving as an entrance and an exit of a working fluid;
a partition unit provided in the pressure vessel and partitioning the pressure vessel into a fluid chamber, in which the working fluid flows, and a gas chamber, in which gas is sealed; and
an annular member disposed in the partition unit and fixed to the pressure vessel, wherein
the partition unit includes:
a tubular metal bellows, one end side of which is fixed to the pressure vessel and which expands and contracts according to pressure in the fluid chamber and pressure in the gas chamber; and
a bellows cap which is fixed to another end side of the metal bellows, the partition unit further includes:
a seal member which is provided between the bellows cap and the port and seals the working fluid on a side of the fluid chamber via the metal bellows when the metal bellows expands and contracts; and
a sliding unit which is fixed to the bellows cap and slides in an expansion/contraction direction of the metal bellows relative to the annular member, wherein the sliding unit includes:
a fixed member which, one end of which is fixed to the bellows cap; and
a sliding member which is provided on another end side of the fixed member and slides relative to an inner peripheral surface of the annular member;

wherein the sliding member is provided on a port side of the bellows cap and is provided with a flow path which allows moving in and out of the working fluid therethrough, and
a sliding portion which slides relative to the inner peripheral surface of the annular member is provided on an outer peripheral surface side of the sliding member.

3. An accumulator comprising:
a pressure vessel having a port serving as an entrance and an exit of a working fluid;
a partition unit provided in the pressure vessel and partitioning the pressure vessel into a fluid chamber, in which the working fluid flows, and a gas chamber, in which gas is sealed; and
an annular member disposed in the partition unit and fixed to the pressure vessel, wherein
the partition unit includes:
a tubular metal bellows, one end side of which is fixed to the pressure vessel and which expands and contracts according to pressure in the fluid chamber and pressure in the gas chamber; and
a bellows cap which is fixed to another end side of the metal bellows,
the partition unit further includes:
a seal member which is provided between the bellows cap and the port and seals the working fluid on a side of the fluid chamber via the metal bellows when the metal bellows expands and contracts; and
a sliding unit which is fixed to the bellows cap and slides in an expansion/contraction direction of the metal bellows relative to the annular member;
wherein one end of the annular member is fixed to an inner wall surface on a port side in the pressure vessel, and another end of the annular member has a bottom plate portion, in which a through hole is formed, and
the sliding unit includes a fixed member which is fixed to the bellows cap and is disposed so as to be slidable relative to a bearing provided on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole.

4. The accumulator according to claim 3 , wherein the fixed member is provided with a flow path which allows moving in and out of the working fluid therethrough.

5. An accumulator comprising:
a pressure vessel having a port serving as an entrance and an exit of a working fluid;
a partition unit provided in the pressure vessel and partitioning the pressure vessel into a fluid chamber, in which the working fluid flows, and a gas chamber, in which gas is sealed; and
an annular member disposed in the partition unit and fixed to the pressure vessel, wherein
the partition unit includes:
a tubular metal bellows, one end side of which is fixed to the pressure vessel and which expands and contracts according to pressure in the fluid chamber and pressure in the gas chamber; and
a bellows cap which is fixed to another end side of the metal bellows,
the partition unit further includes:
a seal member which is provided between the bellows cap and the port and seals the working fluid on a side of the fluid chamber via the metal bellows when the metal bellows expands and contracts; and
a sliding unit which is fixed to the bellows cap and slides in an expansion/contraction direction of the metal bellows relative to the annular member; and
wherein the sliding unit includes a fixed member, one end of which is fixed to the bellows cap and which slides relative to a bearing provided on an inner peripheral surface of the annular member.

6. The accumulator according to claim 1 , wherein
a sliding ring which is configured so as to be slidable relative to an inner peripheral surface of the pressure vessel is provided on an outer periphery of the bellows cap.

7. The accumulator according to claim 2 , wherein a sliding ring which is configured so as to be slidable relative to an inner peripheral surface of the pressure vessel is provided on an outer periphery of the bellows cap.

8. The accumulator according to claim 3 , wherein a sliding ring which is configured so as to be slidable relative to an inner peripheral surface of the pressure vessel is provided on an outer periphery of the bellows cap.

9. The accumulator according to claim 5 , wherein a sliding ring which is configured so as to be slidable relative to an inner peripheral surface of the pressure vessel is provided on an outer periphery of the bellows cap.

Assignees

• Eagle Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Arikawa Tatsuhiro

Classifications

• F15B1/14

  by means of a rigid annular supporting member · CPC title

• F15B2201/3157

  Sealings for the flexible separating means · CPC title

• F15B2201/205

  using gas · CPC title

• F15B1/103 Primary

  the separating means being bellows · CPC title

• F16L55/053

  the gas in the reservoir being separated from the fluid in the pipe · CPC title