Patent ID: 8539984

Claim:
A hydraulic accumulator, comprising: an accumulator housing having at least one inlet and one outlet for fluid to be damped, and having a gas chamber and a fluid chamber therein, said gas chamber within said housing storing an entire volume of gas for the hydraulic accumulator; a membrane separating element inside said accumulator housing separating said gas chamber and said fluid chamber; a mounting device inside said accumulator housing extending one of within said gas chamber and along a limit of said gas chamber depending on positioning of said separating element, said separating element being supported on said mounting device; a closing plate provided at a center of said separating element and movable between an open position allowing fluid to flow into and out of said fluid chamber through said inlet and outlet and a closed position preventing fluid flow into and out of said fluid chamber through said inlet and said outlet, said closing plate being rigidly connected to said separating element by a bolted connection; and a through opening in said mounting device for engagement of a part of said bolted connection.