公开(公告)号：US4723577A

公开(公告)日：1988-02-09

申请号：US921747

申请日：1986-10-22

申请人： Michael A. Wusterbarth

发明人： Michael A. Wusterbarth

IPC分类号： F16L55/053 ,  F16L55/04

CPC分类号： F16L55/053

摘要： In order to accommodate expansion and contraction in a fuel system, even in the presence of extremes of temperature, while maintaining the fuel system pressure at ambient, a thermal expansion reservoir is provided. The thermal expansion reservoir includes a rigid housing having releasably interconnected first and second housing portions provided with a fluid inlet port and a vent. A resilient bladder is disposed within the housing between the inlet port and the vent in a manner dividing the housing into a fluid expansion chamber and a pressure relief chamber, each of variable size depending upon the fluid pressure in the fluid expansion chamber. A redundant seal arrangement is integrally associated with the resilient bladder to form primary and secondary seals between the housing portions while joining the resilient bladder to the housing. The thermal expansion reservoir is also formed such that the resilient bladder has a first wall portion leading from the housing in the direction of the vent to a return bend and a second wall portion leading from the return bend in the direction of the inlet port to an end cap. With this construction, the return bend initiates rolling of the second wall portion toward the vent and the second wall portion is tapered to promote rolling of the second wall portion toward the vent in an automatically controlled and substantially frictionless fashion.

摘要翻译： 为了适应燃料系统中的膨胀和收缩，即使在极端温度的存在下，在将燃料系统压力保持在环境温度的同时，也提供了热膨胀储存器。 热膨胀储存器包括刚性壳体，其具有可释放地互连的第一和第二壳体部分，其设置有流体入口和通气口。 弹性气囊以入口和排气口之间的方式设置在壳体内，以将壳体分成流体膨胀室和压力释放室，每个腔室可变尺寸取决于流体膨胀室中的流体压力。 冗余的密封装置与弹性囊一体地相关联，以在弹性囊与壳体接合的同时在壳体部分之间形成主密封和次密封。 热膨胀贮存器还形成为使得弹性囊具有从壳体沿排气孔方向通向返回弯头的第一壁部分和从回流弯头沿着入口方向导向的第二壁部分 端帽。 通过这种结构，返回弯曲开始使第二壁部朝向通气口滚动，第二壁部分是锥形的，以促进第二壁部分以自动控制和基本上无摩擦的方式朝向排气口滚动。

公开(公告)号：US6053054A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-25

申请号：US938397

申请日：1997-09-26

申请人： Michael A. Wusterbarth ,  Steven Noyes ,  Joe Russell Greer

发明人： Michael A. Wusterbarth ,  Steven Noyes ,  Joe Russell Greer

IPC分类号： G01F1/66 ,  G01F1/74 ,  G01F1/86 ,  G01F15/00 ,  G01F15/04

CPC分类号： G01F15/046 ,  G01F1/66 ,  G01F1/74 ,  G01F1/86 ,  G01F15/00

摘要： A gas flow rate measurement apparatus for obtaining a normalized flow rate of a gas having at least one liquid component. The gas travels from an upstream position and in a downstream direction. The gas flow rate measurement apparatus comprises a gas inlet conduit in the upstream position for receiving the gas; a gas flow conditioning section in fluid communication with the gas inlet conduit and in a first downstream position for conditioning the gas to vaporize substantially all of the at least one liquid component without adding any other gas; a flow rate measurement section in fluid communication with the gas flow conditioning section and in a second downstream position more distant from the upstream position than the first downstream position, the flow rate measurement section including at least one sensor for sensing at least one state variable for the gas and generating at least one gas state signal, and a flow rate sensor for measuring an actual flow rate of the gas and generating a flow rate signal, and a processing device operatively coupled to the flow rate measurement section for using the at least one gas state signal and the flow rate signal to obtain the normalized mass flow rate. A related method also is provided.

摘要翻译： 一种用于获得具有至少一种液体成分的气体的归一化流量的气体流量测量装置。 气体从上游位置和下游方向行进。 气体流量测量装置包括在上游位置用于接收气体的气体入口管道; 气体调节部，其与所述气体入口管道和第一下游位置流体连通，用于调节所述气体以基本上蒸发所述至少一种液体组分，而不添加任何其它气体; 流量测量部，其与所述气体流量调节部流体连通，并且在比所述第一下游位置更远离所述上游位置的第二下游位置，所述流量测量部包括用于感测至少一个状态变量的至少一个传感器， 气体并产生至少一个气体状态信号，以及用于测量气体的实际流量并产生流量信号的流量传感器，以及可操作地耦合到流量测量部分的处理装置，用于使用至少一个 气体状态信号和流量信号，以获得归一化的质量流量。 还提供了相关方法。