Patent ID: 6216626
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B63G,F15B,F41F

Abstract:
An elastomeric ring diaphragm for storing and delivering pressurized fluid to a component comprising:at least one elastomeric ring;at least one rigid ring sealed about an exterior periphery of each said at least one elastomeric ring, an outermost of said at least one rigid rings being sealed to said component, said others of said at least one rigid rings being sealed within the inner periphery of another elastomeric ring, and said combined elastomeric rings and rigid rings forming a concentric structure of alternating elastomeric and rigid rings; anda central disc sealed within an interior periphery of an innermost one of said at least one elastomeric rings; said at least one elastomeric ring being elastically expandable and contractible in response to said pressurized fluid.