Patent ID: 8376099

Claim:
A volume compensation accumulator apparatus for, in a suspension system connecting at least two hydraulic cylinders each disposed between a vehicle body and a wheel through a conduit, compensating a volume of hydraulic fluid through a connection to the conduit of the suspension system, the volume compensation accumulator apparatus comprising: an accumulator; a main body comprising a cylinder portion having one end side connected to the accumulator and the other end side connected to the conduit; a first support member and a second support member fittedly fixed in the cylinder portion, the first and second support members each having an axially penetrating passage; a plurality of plate-like orifice plates sandwiched between the first and second support members, each of the orifice plates having an orifice in communication with the passages of the first and second support members; and a spacer disposed between the orifice plates and having a passage in communication with the orifices of the orifice plates.