Patent classifications
F15B2201/605
ACCUMULATOR FOR A CHASSIS-LEVEL COOLING SYSTEM
Examples described herein relate to compact and replaceable accumulator to be utilized in a chassis-level cooling device. The accumulator is a low pressurized device having a housing, a bladder, and a compressible fluid. The housing has an inner surface defining a volume and an opening. The bladder is disposed within a volume portion and attached to the opening. The bladder includes a plurality of elongated wall sections foldably coupled to each other and defining a bladder volume therebetween. The bladder inflates by unfolding the plurality of elongated wall sections to increase the bladder volume in response to an increase in a pressure of a working fluid inside the bladder volume. The compressible fluid is contained in a remaining volume portion between the inner surface of the housing and the bladder. The compressible fluid is compressed to an offset pressure in response to inflation of the plurality of elongated wall sections.
EXTERNAL PRESSURE FLUID RESERVOIR FOR STORING ENERGY
The invention relates to an external pressure fluid reservoir which has: an interior for receiving a fluid; an external wall to which, during operation, pressure is applied by an external pressure from the external environment and which separates the interior from the external environment in a fluid-tight manner; and a connection, which is provided between the interior and the external environment, for selectively exchanging fluid between the interior and the external environment; wherein the interior is formed by a bulk material filling and the wall is designed such that, during operation, said wall absorbs an external pressure exceeding the pressure in the interior and introduces it into the bulk material filling which in turn supports said wall, in its operating position, against the excess external pressure.
Hydraulic accumulator
The disclosure relates to an hydraulic accumulator, in particular a diaphragm accumulator, having an accumulator housing and a separating element disposed therein, which separates two media spaces from each other, wherein a weld seam is formed by a laser or electron beam welding process without any filler materials, in that at least a part of the wall parts delimiting the transition point are melted to form the weld seam, which closes off the transition point towards the surroundings, in a manner that is free of protrusions with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a connection element.
Piston Accumulator
The disclosure relates to a piston accumulator comprising an accumulator housing and a separator piston which is longitudinally moveably arranged therein and separates two media chambers from one another within the accumulator housing, wherein the accumulator housing is elastically formed in a sandwich-type structure from individual, partially differing layers in such a way that, with the influence of at least one external force, it allows for a curvature as a whole, starting from a starting state, and it returns to the starting state with the removal of the respective force.
Method
The disclosure relates to a method for producing at least one part of a hydraulic accumulator, comprising at least the following: providing an accumulator housing part that has at least one fluid connection point, providing a connection element with a fluid passage that has a material agglomeration on its one free end face, placing the material agglomeration against the accumulator housing part such that the fluid connection in the accumulator housing part comes into fluidic connection with the fluid passage of the connection element, melting the material agglomeration by means of a welding method, joining the connection element and accumulator housing part under a predefinable pressing force and a predefinable path and allowing the resulting weld connection to cool.