Patent ID: 9080710
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: F15B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An accumulator reservoir, comprising: a housing containing at least a system fluid chamber, a working fluid chamber, and a residual chamber disposed along an axis, at least a portion of the working fluid chamber axially aligned with at least a portion of the residual chamber; a plurality of vent paths configured to vent the residual chamber in response to a variation in a volume of the residual chamber, wherein each of the plurality of vent paths extend nonlinearly between a first opening and a second opening, the first opening and the second opening each having a circumferentially continuous perimeter; and an actuator cylinder, wherein the plurality of vent paths are established between the actuator cylinder and the housing, wherein the plurality of vent paths are defined on at least one of the actuator cylinder or the housing, wherein the residual chamber is annular and the working fluid chamber is received within the residual chamber.