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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lev Pekarsky, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert O. Burkhart, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Davis, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/04 (2006.01); F15B 1/24 (2006.01); F15B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 1/24 (2013.01); F15B 1/08 (2013.01); F15B 2201/205 (2013.01); F15B 2201/31 (2013.01); F15B 2201/4155 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04);
Abstract
An accumulator includes a cylinder for containing a working fluid and a first volume of pressurized gas, the gas and fluid being separated by a displaceable piston and a first seal contacting the piston and the cylinder, a reservoir carried on the piston for containing a second volume of pressurized gas, and a device that permits gas flow from the second volume into the first volume.