Accumulator Making Patents (Class 29/890.06)
  • Publication number: 20150033788
    Abstract: A receiver dryer includes a first body and a second body, one end of the second body away from the first body defining first and second connecting ports. The receiver dryer includes a filter cartridge including a first mating portion, a second mating portion, and a filter part at a middle portion; the first mating portion fits with an inner wall of the second body, one space allowing refrigerant to flow is formed between the filter part and the inner wall of the second body, the second mating portion is connected to the second connecting port, the space between the filter part and the inner wall of the second body communicates with the first connecting port, an inside of the filter part communicates with the second connecting port via the second mating portion, and refrigerant is filtered at least once when flowing between the first and second connecting ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Lixin Wang, Zhengwei Wang
  • Patent number: 8387253
    Abstract: A method produces piston-type accumulators, including an accumulator housing (10) and a separating piston, which can be displaced in a longitudinal direction inside the accumulator housing (10) and separates two working spaces located in the housing. One end face of the accumulator housing is sealed by cover part (20). The cover part (20) is fixed on one side (40) via the free longitudinal edge (32) of the accumulator housing (10). The edge is displaced towards the cover part (20), such that a functionally and positionally secure connection of a cover part is ensured within the housing of a piston-type accumulator without using standard threaded connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hydac Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Baltes, Walter Dorr
  • Patent number: 8381402
    Abstract: A production robust autofrettage process for strengthening fuel injector nozzle tips includes applying a vacuum to the interior volume of the nozzle tip. Plugs are suctioned over each of the nozzle outlets. Nozzle outlets are blocked by pressing the plugs between the nozzle tip and a fixture component. The nozzle tip is then autofrettaged at least in part by pressurizing the interior volume with an autofrettage liquid. The plugs are then removed from the nozzle outlets leaving the nozzle tip strengthened with compressive residual stress, especially in the sac region of the interior volume of the nozzle tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Marion B. Grant, Petr Michlik
  • Publication number: 20120312406
    Abstract: A fluid accumulator assembly used with 2002 to 2005 model years of ZF Getriebe GmbH ZF-6HP19, ZF-6HP26, ZF-6HP32 automatic transmissions, and model years up to 2011 of Ford 6R60 automatic transmissions. The fluid accumulator assembly includes a piston that can be received into a bore that is in fluid communication with a solenoid-controlled fluid circuit of the transmission. The fluid accumulator assembly also includes a compression spring sized and configured to fit within the piston, and used to provide an urging force to the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SONNAX INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert C. Warnke, MacKenzie M. Campbell
  • Patent number: 7992300
    Abstract: A method of assembling a hydraulic fluid accumulator in a bore defined in a housing structure is disclosed. The method includes (a) inserting an annular seal into a second bore portion of the bore so that the annular seal is positioned in contact with the first ledge, (b) inserting a piston into the bore so that the piston is located in a first bore portion of the bore as well as the second bore portion of the bore, and (c) inserting a cover having an annular rim into the bore so that (i) the annular rim is positioned in contact with the annular seal, and (ii) the annular seal is located in an annular space defined by the first ledge, the annular rim, the piston, and an internal wall of the housing structure that partially defines the second bore portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Bernhard Gnamm
  • Publication number: 20110017196
    Abstract: A containment vessel for a thermal energy storage system comprising a bottom wall joined to a surrounding containment side wall, and a liner comprising a liner bottom disposed upon the bottom wall of the vessel, the liner bottom having an outer perimeter and comprising an array of plates, each of the plates joined at a portion of its perimeter to a portion of the perimeter of an adjacent plate by a flexible joint; and a liner side wall joined to the outer perimeter of the liner bottom and disposed within the containment side wall. A thermal energy storage system comprising the containment vessel and an array of heat exchangers is also disclosed. The heat exchangers are disposed in the vessel, and are each supported by a support frame joined to one of the plates of the array of plates of the liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: BELL INDEPENDENT POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: John P. Bell, Joseph M. Bell, Michael S. Bower, Gerard C. Walter
  • Publication number: 20100186924
    Abstract: In an accumulator including a vacuum heat-insulating layer 2 at the outer periphery of a liquid reserving portion 1, the liquid reserving portion 1 and the vacuum heat-insulating layer 2 are formed by stacking a plurality of tank constituting elements 10 composed of plate members of an identical cross-sectional shape. The liquid reserving portion 1 is composed of liquid reserving portion spaces 10f made to communicate by stacking the tank constituting element 10. The vacuum heat-insulating layer 2 is composed of heat insulating layer space 10e which are made to communicate by stacking the tank constituting elements 10 and are evacuated. The openings of the stacked tank constituting elements 10 at the both ends are closed with inlet and outlet cover plates 8 and 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Jinichi Hiyama
  • Patent number: 7735224
    Abstract: Systems and methods of applying an ozone-depleting catalytic coating to an air stream component for producing a durable surface with optimal ozone depletion characteristics are provided. An air stream component having a surface with favorable adhesive properties or coatings is exposed to a concentration of ozone-depleting catalytic particles, wherein the receptive surface of the coated substrate binds the ozone-depleting catalytic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: JW Aluminum Company
    Inventor: Mark Thompson
  • Patent number: 7716830
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a fuel injector comprising a glass substrate and a nozzle enclosed within the glass substrate, wherein the nozzle comprises at least one injection hole is provided. The method of manufacturing the fuel injector comprises defining (105) a shape of at least one injection hole in a glass substrate to obtain an at least one outlined injection hole and etching (110) the at least one outlined injection hole to obtain the at least one injection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Translume, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Haddock, Philippe Bado, Mark Allen Dugan, Ali Said
  • Publication number: 20090320290
    Abstract: The improvement in the manufacturing of fluid ports commonly used hydraulic bladder type accumulators by the manufacturing of the fluid port body and the poppet valve guide as separate pieces in the manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Donna Martina Bennett
  • Publication number: 20090308874
    Abstract: A pressure vessel for storage of a pressurized fluid is provided. The pressure vessel includes a composite layer having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface defines an internal cavity. The pressure vessel further includes at least one pressure relief device in fluid communication with the internal cavity. At least one thermally conductive element is continuously wound on the outer surface of the composite layer and adapted to carry load and transport heat from a heat source adjacent the composite layer to the at least one pressure relief device. A method for producing the pressure vessel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Markus Lindner, Wolfgang Oelerich, Michael Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20090126815
    Abstract: A reduced weight and repairable piston accumulator. The accumulator includes a load bearing metallic cylinder with removable end caps secured thereto with slip flanges for allowing repairability and for achieving the required cycle life. The cylinder serves as the surface on which the piston slides and is designed such that it sustains the axial stress induced by pressurization of the accumulator. A composite over wrapping is designed such that it sustains the stress in the hoop (radial) direction. A stress transitioning bushing can be provided for transitioning hoop stresses between the overwrap and the slip flange. When combined with the cylinder, the fibers of the composite wrap will not be placed in shear and thus will not fatigue in the same manner as some prior art designs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Bahram S. Rajabi, Allen R. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20090095366
    Abstract: A bladder for a high pressure accumulator includes a metal foil layer adhered to the inside of a rubber bladder with a paint-on adhesive. A position contactor switch is further provided to signal position of the bladder within the accumulator and thereby prevent an undesired shut-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Charles L. Gray, JR.
  • Patent number: 7165535
    Abstract: An internal pulse damper for use in a fuel rail for an internal combustion engine. The damper is formed from a length of tubular metal stock having a flat oval cross-section and ends flattened by crimping to form a captive-air pillow. The end crimps are improved through use of tooling to eliminate a creased sidewall area vulnerable to stress failure in prior art pulse dampers. Such tooling includes constraints to prevent the tubing sides from flaring out and forming a longitudinal crease adjacent the end crimp during squeezing-shut of the tube end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles W. Braun, Ahmet T. Becene, Christopher M. Cass, Patrick A. Furchill
  • Patent number: 7093361
    Abstract: A method of installing a piston position sensor proximate to a closed end of a hydraulic cylinder is provided. The sensor is attached to the face of a piston and that piston/sensor combination is inserted into the cylinder tube to position the sensor in the desired location. When properly located within the cylinder tube, the sensor is affixed to the cylinder tube by means of beveled holes in the sensor that receive bolts threadedly inserted through the cylinder tube to further properly align the sensor within the cylinder tube. When so affixed, the sensor is then detached from the piston so that the piston can thereafter move independently of the sensor. A fixture is also used that allows the assembler to accurately align the angular orientation of the sensor prior to being inserted into the cylinder tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Control Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Glasson O Richard
  • Patent number: 7024883
    Abstract: An accumulator acts as a buffer to prevent over-pressurization of the vapor compression system while inactive. By determining the maximum storage temperature and the maximum storage pressure a system will be subject to when inactive, a density of the refrigerant for the overall system can be calculated. Dividing the density by the mass of the refrigerant determines an optimal overall system volume. The volume of the components is subtracted from the overall system volume to calculate the optimal accumulator volume. The optimal accumulator volume is used to size the accumulator so that the accumulator has enough volume to prevent over-pressurization of the system when inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Tobias H. Sienel, Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20040194908
    Abstract: Appropriate amount of brazing material is put on each of inner and outer recessed portions of a first heat storing element. Then, the first heat storing element is placed close to and substantially parallel to a second heat storing element, and an inner projected portion of the second heat storing element is fitted into the inner recessed portion of the first heat storing element, and simultaneously an outer projected portion of the second heat storing element is fitted into the outer recessed portion of the first heat storing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kudo Tomohide
  • Publication number: 20040069456
    Abstract: A cold and/or heat accumulator with a plurality of carrier elements (10) which are charged with a cold or heat storage medium, and with a heat exchanger (12) which is designed to have a heat transfer medium flow through it in order to cause heat exchange between the cold or heat storage medium and the heat transfer medium. The heat exchanger (12) has at least one serpentine hollow section (14), and at least at least one carrier element (10) is provided between the legs of at least some of the loops of the serpentine hollow section. In a process for producing the cold and/or heat accumulator, the height of the carrier elements is coordinated to a distance between the legs of the at least one loop such that, after a force-fit connection is formed between the serpentine hollow section and the carrier elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: WEBASTO THERMOSYSTEME INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Lang, Kemal-Edip Yildirim, Wolfgang Kramer
  • Patent number: 6568204
    Abstract: An accumulator having an improved baffle connection and a related method of interlocking an outlet tube and baffle within annular grooves of a passage of an enclosure to prevent blow by of liquid refrigerant fluid past the baffle connection. The baffle includes a cylindrical extension having a mounting passage through which an outlet tube extends. The cylindrical extension and outlet tube extend into the passage of the enclosure and are engaged within one or more of the annular grooves of the enclosure to interlock the baffle and outlet tube to the enclosure. The enclosure preferably includes a puck having the passage therethrough, where the puck is inserted into a canister and then welded thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Automotive Fluid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Dale Fisk, Chhotu N. Patel
  • Patent number: 6463911
    Abstract: A tubular fuel pressure damper for use in a fuel rail. The tubular fuel pressure damper includes a first and second end and an inner surface defining a cavity. The first and second ends of the fuel pressure damper are closed by crimping to form contact areas. The contact areas may be additionally sealed by welding, soldering or other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Treusch, Paul Joseph Hrivnak, Paul Joseph Vlahakis, Robert Eugene Wattleworth
  • Patent number: 6463757
    Abstract: An accumulator for an air-conditioning (refrigeration or heat pump) system is designed to reduce flooding due to greater effective internal volume while at the same time incorporating an internal heat exchanger for better system performance, and providing better evaporation and controlled thermal properties. The accumulator embodies an outer housing that co-axially surrounds an inner liner. The inlet directs the refrigerant into the inner volume formed by the liner, wherein the liquid refrigerant and compressor oil are contained and insulated from the wall of the outer housing. A heat exchanger is arranged in the annular space between the outer housing and the inner liner and circulates a flow of condensate therethrough before delivering it to the expansion device. In this way the condensate is cooled for higher performance and at the same time refrigerant passing out of the accumulator is vaporized more completely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Halla Climate Controls Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Dickson, Wayne Whittle, Michelle M. Stobbart
  • Patent number: 6425181
    Abstract: The method comprises the steps of: moving a strip through an expansion machine having at least one expansion punching tool and an associated complementary tool or matrix, causing the expansion machine to operate in synchronism with the movement of the strip so as to form a grid strip having an non-expanded central portion and two longitudinal grid portions adjacent the central portion, and forming, in the non-expanded central band, a plurality of openings or windows separated by transverse bridges which are to form the connection appendages or lugs of the plates. These openings or windows are formed, in the expansion machine, by punches operated in phase with the operation of the expansion punching tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Societa Industriale Accumulatori S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giulio Ghizzoni, Luigi Cucchi
  • Publication number: 20020017380
    Abstract: In a chemical heat pump a substance is used which in an efficient way interacts with a volatile liquid such as water. The substance is selected considering among other things the magnitude of its &Dgr;T and its energy content so that the heat pump becomes suited for converting low grade heat energy such as solar energy to cooling for airconditioning and also for a simultaneous production of heat for example for use as hot tap water in houses. The heat pump can also be used in a refrigerating box. Suitable substances comprise barium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, strontium bromide and cobalt chloride. The substance is applied as a layer (23) on the surface of a heat conducting wall (22) by applying a slurry-like mixture of the substance with the liquid when being vibrated to the wall between heat conducting flanges 25). The mixture is dried under a vacuum and is heated and is simultaneously compressed by applying an exterior pressing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Staffan Jonsson, Ray Olsson, Mona Karebring-Olsson
  • Publication number: 20010037834
    Abstract: Disclosed is an accumulator comprising: a pressure vessel; an elastic bellows in which a compressed gas is sealed, an end of the bellows being fixed to an interior of the pressure vessel; a flow path having an opening communicating with the interior and an exterior of the pressure vessel; a valve connected to a movable end of the bellows to operatively close the opening according to elastic motion of the bellows; and a hydraulic chamber partitioned from a gas chamber formed in an interior of the bellows containing the compressed gas. The valve comprises an upper surface which can cover the opening, and plural circular protrusions which surround the entire circumference of the opening and can closely contact the circumference of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Shimbori, Chiharu Umetsu, Kouji Nakamura, Hiroshi Mizukami, Naoki Ueno
  • Patent number: 6298553
    Abstract: A seamless plastic pressure vessel having a heat exchanger encased therein is disclosed. The pressure vessel is a unitary seamless wall and the wall surrounds a heat exchanger unit comprising a length of hollow tubing having ends retained in a mounting fitting. The pressure vessel may be formed by a rotational casting or blow molding technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Essef Corporation
    Inventor: James C. Hlebovy
  • Patent number: 6260270
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for short-term relining or construction of a blast furnace uses a grounding apparatus for grounding of ring-shaped blast furnace segments having shells and a casting floor present as a blast furnace floor for transferring the ring-shaped blocks or shells onto a foundation of the blast furnace, and capable of safely and precisely mounting the ring-like blocks on the casting floor, wherein the grounding apparatus is integrated with a jack system utilizing rod type lift jacks and a sliding apparatus installed with intermittently movable hydraulic cylinders for safe and precision mounting of the ring-shaped blocks or shells on the casting floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kimura, Iwao Asada