Accumulator with flexible inflatable container

An accumulator comprising:

• a housing including a chamber having a defined volume and a passage extending through the housing, the passage in fluid communication with the defined volume;
• first and second flexible bladders spaced apart from one another positioned within the chamber and each containing a compressible gas, the bladders being operable in an expanded condition and a partially collapsed condition;
• a support positioned in the chamber and engaging the flexible bladders when the flexible bladders are in the expanded condition to limit further expansion of the flexible bladders;
• and
• a liquid positioned in the chamber and in contact with the flexible bladder, wherein a volume of the liquid within the chamber is at a minimum when the flexible bladders are in the expanded condition, the volume of liquid within the chamber increasing as a pressure of the liquid increases to compress the gas and operate the flexible bladders in the partially collapsed condition,
• wherein the support includes an inner guide, an outer guide and another outer guide, the inner and outer guides including first and second surfaces, respectively, shaped to conform with and engage external surfaces of the first flexible bladder when the first flexible bladder is in the expanded condition, the inner guide and the another outer guide including third and fourth surfaces, respectively, shaped to conform with and engage external surfaces of the second flexible bladder when the second flexible bladder is in the expanded condition.