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Bellows accumulator
11781569 · 2023-10-10 · ·

A bellows accumulator, consisting of at least two housing parts (4, 6) which form an accumulator housing (2), and having a separating bellows (20), which is movably arranged in the accumulator housing (2) and separates two media spaces (8, 22) from each other and is at least on its one free end fixed to a securing device (24) in the accumulator housing (2), wherein said securing device (24) is welded to the adjacently arranged housing parts (4, 6), is characterized in that the adjacently arranged housing parts (4, 6) comprise at least in part titanium materials, in that the securing device (24) consists of at least two interconnected components (26, 30), at least one (26) of which comprises at least in part titanium materials and is welded to the adjacently arranged housing parts (4, 6), and in that the respective other component (30), consisting of a different metal material, is used for securing the separating bellows (20) to the securing device (24).

FLUID PULSATION DAMPENERS
20220397126 · 2022-12-15 ·

A pulsation dampener includes: a housing having in internal cavity; an expandable bellows positioned within the internal cavity of the housing, the expandable bellows having a proximal end, a distal end, and an expandable portion between the proximal and distal ends; a bellows support member coupled to an interior side of the distal end of the expandable bellows and extending longitudinally away from the distal end of the expandable bellows toward the proximal end of the expandable bellows; and a cap fixed with respect to the housing and positioned to support the bellows support member when the expandable bellows is in a longitudinally compressed configuration.

BELLOWS ACCUMULATOR FIXATION APPARATUS FOR SUSPENSION DAMPERS

An accumulator for a vehicle suspension damper, which includes an outer shell with an open end that connects to an accumulator port on the damper and a distal end, opposite the open end, which includes an end wall that extends radially inward to a gas charging port. A bellows assembly, which includes an annular bellows wall extending between proximal and distal plates, is positioned inside the outer shell to define a pressurized gas chamber inside the accumulator that is arranged in fluid communication with the gas charging port. The gas charging port includes a stem that extends inwardly from the end wall of the outer shell and the distal plate of the bellows assembly has an inner diameter that is received on the stem. The inner diameter of the distal plate is coupled to the stem of the gas charging port by a fixation component.

METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A BELLOWS ACCUMULATOR FOR SUSPENSION DAMPERS

A method of assembling an accumulator for a suspension damper where the method includes the steps of forming an outer shell of an accumulator, assembling a bellows assembly by connecting distal and proximal plates to opposite ends of an annular bellows wall, and inserting the bellows assembly into the outer shell. The outer shell is formed such that it includes a distal end with an end wall and an open end opposite the distal end. The bellows assembly is inserted into the open end of the outer shell with the distal plate facing the end wall of the outer shell. The method proceeds with coupling the distal plate of the bellows assembly to a stem of a gas charging port on the end wall of the outer shell at a fixed axial position using a fixation component that engages the stem of the gas charging port.

Bellows accumulator
11434932 · 2022-09-06 · ·

A bellows accumulator has at least one accumulator housing (2) and a separating bellows (20) movably arranged in the accumulator housing (2). The separating bellows 20 has a plurality of bellows folds and separates two media spaces (8, 22) from one another. The stationary open end of the separating bellows (20) is fixed to the accumulator housing (2) by a securing device (24). The separating bellows (20) has, at its movable other end, a closure part (36) having a guide device (40) by which the closure part (36) is guided in the accumulator housing (2). The closure part (36) has, in addition to the guide device (40), a sealing device (50). At least in the one extended end position of the separating bellows (20), the sealing device (50) separates a fluid space (8), in which the bellows folds are arranged in the accumulator housing (2), from a fluid port (12) in the accumulator housing (2). At least in some of the other working positions, the sealing device (50) releases this fluid connection.

ACCUMULATOR FOR A DAMPER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
20220243781 · 2022-08-04 ·

An accumulator for a damper is provided. The accumulator includes a housing defining a longitudinal axis, a fluid connector and a bag. The bag includes a plurality of annular discs disposed adjacent to each other. Each annular disc includes an inner diameter defining a through aperture and an outer diameter. The plurality of annular discs includes a first end disc, a second end disc and one or more intermediate discs. Each intermediate disc is disposed between two adjacent annular discs. The inner diameter of the first end disc is connected to the fluid connector. The inner diameter of each intermediate disc is connected to the inner diameter of one adjacent annular disc. The outer diameter of each intermediate disc is connected to the outer diameter of the other adjacent annular disc. A solid cover disc is connected to the outer diameter of the second end disc.

System and method for electro-hydraulic actuation of downhole tools

A technique facilitates wellbore operations and utilization of wellbore equipment, e.g. equipment comprising actuation devices for downhole tools. According to an embodiment, the system comprises a pump solution for an electrically control device, e.g. an electrically controlled valve. The system may comprise hydraulic circuitry which utilizes bellows to effectively enclose the hydraulic circuitry. Consequently, the system enables an electrically control downhole system having components hydraulically actuated via a closed loop hydraulic system.

Accumulator
11022150 · 2021-06-01 · ·

An accumulator a housing having a sealing face and a fluid inlet/outlet passage; a bellows fixed at least one end to the housing such that an inner space of the housing such that an inner space of the housing is hermetically partitioned by the bellows into an interior and an exterior of the bellows, the bellows including a bellows main body capable of expanding and contracting and a bellows cap including an annular seal holder, and a sealing member formed by covering a disc-shaped substrate with an elastic body that is opposed to and capable of being closely attached to the sealing face of the housing. At least a center part of a surface of the substrate opposing the sealing face is a curved surface having an arc shape in a sectional view.

Tensioning cylinder device
11268548 · 2022-03-08 · ·

A tensioning cylinder device includes a housing (2), at least partly longitudinally movable piston-rod unit (30, 34) arranged in the housing and a compensating element in the form of a bellows body (18) having bellows folds. The bellows body is longitudinally variable and has a media-carrying connection to a compressible medium accommodated in a medium chamber (12) in the housing (2).

Pressure accumulator having a monitoring device

A pressure accumulator having an accumulator housing (10) in which a movable separating element (16) separates a gas chamber (12) filled with a working gas from a fluid chamber (14) in a fluid-sealed manner. A monitoring device (46) is provided, which, in the event of a fault impairing the sealing effect of the separating element (16), provides an optically discernible indication and has an inspection window (54), through which an indicator can be observed. The monitoring device is connected to the gas chamber (12) and changes optical properties discernibly when wetted with the fluid. The indicator changing its optical properties is accommodated in a capsule (48) with a capsule wall (50) permeable to the passage of the fluid and arranged between the inspection window (54) and the separating element (16) in the accumulator housing (10).