US 10,473,123 B2Granted

Metal bellows type accumulator

AssigneeEagle Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorDaisuke Hyodo

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Abstract

The invention provides a metal bellows type accumulator having an outer shell provided in its one end with a pressure introducing passage in an opening manner, an axially expandable metal bellows including peak portions directed to an outer side in a radial direction and trough portions directed to an inner side alternately in an axial direction, having an axially fixed end to the outer shell and separating an inner chamber of the outer shell into a pressure introducing chamber and a gas chamber charged with cushion gas, and a support member arranged in an inner periphery of the metal bellows, fixed to the outer shell and constructed by a cushioning member. A clearance in a radial direction between the trough portions of the metal bellows and the support member is smaller than a clearance in a radial direction between the peak portions of the metal bellows and the outer shell.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A metal bellows type accumulator comprising:

an outer shell which is provided in its one end with a pressure introducing passage;
a metal bellows which is capable of expanding and contracting in an axial direction, the metal bellows having a plurality of alternately arranged peak portions that extend radially outward and trough portions that extend radially inward, the metal bellows being fixed in its one end in the axial direction to the outer shell and separating an inner chamber of the outer shell into a pressure introducing chamber which is communicated with the pressure introducing passage and a gas chamber which is charged with a cushion gas;
and
a support member which is arranged in an inner periphery of the metal bellows, the support member being fixed to the outer shell and constructed by a cushioning member;
wherein a clearance in a radial direction between the trough portions of the metal bellows and the support member is less than a clearance in the radial direction between the peak portions of the metal bellows and the outer shell,
a length in the axial direction from the one end of the metal bellows that is fixed to the outer shell to a leading end of the support member is equal to or less than a minimum length of the metal bellows in the axial direction when fully compressed, and
the support member includes a radially outwardly extending flange that is fixed to the outer shell, and a stay is mounted within the support member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.