US20060272144A1 - Diaphragm damper, and method and device for producing the same - Google Patents

Diaphragm damper, and method and device for producing the same Download PDF

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US20060272144A1
US20060272144A1 US10/571,312 US57131206A US2006272144A1 US 20060272144 A1 US20060272144 A1 US 20060272144A1 US 57131206 A US57131206 A US 57131206A US 2006272144 A1 US2006272144 A1 US 2006272144A1
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  • the present invention relates to a diaphragm damper for absorbing pulsation used in for example a high pressure fuel pump or other location where pulsation occurs and to a method of production and production apparatus for the same.
  • the device shown in for example Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 11-280904 As a conventional device for absorbing pulsation of this type, the device shown in for example Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 11-280904 is known.
  • a fuel pump is equipped with a high pressure accumulator. This high pressure accumulator absorbs part of the pulsation of the pressure of the fuel discharged from the fuel pump to reduce the pulsation width of the fuel pressure and thereby stabilize the amount of injection of fuel.
  • the high pressure accumulator shown in this publication is provided with a thick disk shaped high pressure vessel constituting a case, a thin metal disk shaped diaphragm sealed and supported by the case at its peripheral edges and working with it to form a high pressure chamber, and a disk shaped plate for determining a limit of deformation of the diaphragm.
  • the diaphragm is shaped as a flat sheet shape. Only one is used.
  • the case is welded with the outer edge of the diaphragm to seal them, then the plate is welded.
  • a high pressure gas is charged inside from a gas charging inlet provided at the case.
  • the gas charging inlet for example, is structured for a double seal by a steel ball press-fit in the gas charging inlet and a stopper member welded to the low pressure side of the steel ball for sealing.
  • the high pressure accumulator described in this publication has a large number of parts and is complicated in structure as well.
  • the step of assembling and welding together the case, plate, and diaphragm and the step of charging the high pressure gas are different, so the number of steps and the number of welded parts are large and the production efficiency is poor.
  • Japanese Patent Publication (B) No. 7-45114 describes a method of sealing a sealed relay in which pressurized nitrogen gas is charged.
  • the sealing system of this sealed relay is provided with a chamber for housing a workpiece, a workpiece support member for supporting the workpiece arranged in the chamber, and a laser emission unit arranged outside of the chamber and firing a laser beam to the workpiece in the chamber.
  • the workpiece support member has a recess for holding a metal case of the workpiece, places a metal base on a flange provided at the opening of the metal case held in the recess, fills the chamber with pressurized sealing gas, then turns the workpiece support member so that the laser beam of the laser emission unit is fired against and welds the contacting parts of the flange and metal base over their entire circumference.
  • the present invention was made in view of this situation and has as its first object the provision of a method of production and production apparatus of a diaphragm damper enabling a simultaneous welding and gas charging step and further enabling even welding of the seal location.
  • a second object of the present invention is to provide a diaphragm damper facilitating inspection for leakage of gas charged inside, resistant to leakage of the charged gas over a long period, and superior in reliability.
  • the method of production of a diaphragm damper according to the present invention is a method of production of a diaphragm damper having a high pressure chamber comprised of two diaphragms welded together at their flanges and charged inside with a high pressure gas, comprising the steps of:
  • the diaphragms are rotated and welded inside the pressure vessel in an atmosphere of the gas to be charged, a single pass of the laser beam enables assembly and sealed welding of the diaphragm damper (charging and sealing of the gas). Further, since the pair of diaphragms are held by the jigs by magnetic force and the flanges are brought into close contact before welding, it is possible to accurately position the flanges to be welded and possible to uniformly form a weld zone in the circumferential direction.
  • the present invention it is possible to accurately weld without deviation the outer peripheral edges of the flanges of the diaphragms, possible to simultaneously perform welding and charging of the gas, and possible to uniformly weld the seal location. As a result, it is possible to provide a diaphragm damper resistant to leakage of the charged gas over a long period and superior in reliability.
  • the present invention by welding the outer peripheral edges of the flanges from the true side of the flanges of the diaphragms, it is possible to fire the laser beam against the two upper and lower flanges substantially evenly. As a result, it is possible to substantially evenly melt the outer peripheral edges of the flanges to form the weld zone and possible to use the weld zone to reliably seal the mated faces of the flanges.
  • each diaphragm has
  • a thin disk shaped flexible part formed with repeated patterns of coaxial concentric ring-shaped recesses and ring-shaped ridges
  • a positioning part formed continuing from the outer periphery of this flexible part and bent to an arc-shaped cross-section so as to form a half space for a high pressure chamber in combination with said flexible part
  • the diaphragms are formed to the same shapes as each other.
  • the flexible parts can flex and deform in accordance with the fluctuation in pressure of the fluid flowing in contact against the flexible parts and thereby prevent fluctuation in pressure of the fluid.
  • the positioning parts of the diaphragms are parts bent to arc-shaped cross-sections so as to form half spaces for the high pressure chamber in combination with the flexible parts. They are simple in structure and do not complicate the process of production of the diaphragms.
  • the structure can be remarkably streamlined compared with a conventional high pressure accumulator. Further, the sealing parts required in the past are unnecessary, the number of parts is small, and the size can be reduced.
  • each jig is formed with a positioning recess for holding a diaphragm so as to be positioned by said positioning part.
  • a magnet for detachably holding the diaphragm by magnetic force is arranged.
  • said mixed gas including helium gas is a mixed gas of 15 to 25 vol % of helium gas and 75 to 85 vol % of argon gas.
  • This mixed gas is the gas sealed inside the high pressure chamber when the flanges of the diaphragms are welded and the half spaces for the high pressure chamber of the diaphragms are assembled to form the high pressure chamber.
  • vol % of the helium gas in this mixed gas is too low, the sensitivity of detection in the gas leakage test conducted after the welding falls and the accuracy of detection of gas leakage tends to fall. Further, if the vol % of the helium gas is too high, even if the diaphragm damper passes the gas leakage test, the gas charged in the high pressure chamber will tend to leak along with long term use and a drop in pressure will occur resulting in a drop in the function as a diaphragm damper. Therefore, by using the above ratio of mixed gas, detection of leakage of the gas charged inside becomes easy and it is possible to provide a diaphragm damper resistant leakage of the charged gas over a long period and superior in reliability.
  • the pressure of said mixed gas is, by gauge pressure, a pressure of 0.1 to 0.5 MPa.
  • the pressure of this mixed gas becomes the initial gas pressure of the mixed gas charged in the high pressure chamber of the diaphragm damper. If this pressure is too low, the function of the diaphragm damper (for example, prevention of pulsation of the fluid) tends to fall, while if too high, gas will tend to easily leak from the diaphragm damper.
  • the diaphragm damper according to the present invention is produced by any of the above methods.
  • a production apparatus of a diaphragm damper according to the present invention is provided with:
  • a pressure vessel able to guide a laser beam inside it at least at part of it
  • a laser system disposed outside said pressure vessel and disposed to be able to fire a laser beam from a direction substantially perpendicular to the shafts of said jigs to the outer peripheral edges of flanges of diaphragms,
  • a magnet for magnetically holding the diaphragm at said recess.
  • the production apparatus According to the production apparatus according to the present invention, it becomes easily to realize the method of production of the present invention and becomes easy to realize the actions and effects of the method of production according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1A is a lateral cross-sectional view of a diaphragm damper according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1B is a plan view of the diaphragm damper shown in FIG. 1A .
  • FIG. 1C is an enlarged cross-sectional view of principal parts of the diaphragm damper shown in FIG. 1A .
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an example of use of the diaphragm damper shown in FIG. 1A to FIG. 1C .
  • FIG. 3A is a partial cross-sectional view of a production apparatus for producing the diaphragm damper shown in FIG. 1A to FIG. 1C .
  • FIG. 3B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of principal parts of FIG. 3A .
  • FIG. 4 is a graph of the relationship between the vol % of helium gas in the mixed gas charged in the diaphragm damper, the change in sealed pressure along with time, and the sensitivity of detection of gas leakage.
  • the diaphragm damper 1 has a pair of diaphragms 2 , 2 .
  • These diaphragms 2 are formed into the same shapes by thin, flexible metal sheets and, as shown in FIG. 1B , when seen from a plan view, have thin disk shaped flexible parts 4 formed with repeated patterns 7 of coaxial concentric ring-shaped recesses and ring-shaped ridges.
  • each flexible part 4 is integrally formed with a positioning part 5 bent into an arc-shaped cross-section so as to form a half space 3 a of the high pressure chamber in combination with the flexible part 4 . Further, the outer periphery of this positioning part 5 is integrally formed with a flat ring-shaped flange 6 so as to stick out in the radial direction.
  • the flanges 6 , 6 of the pair of diaphragms 2 , 2 are made to abut against each other and the half spaces 3 a are combined between the flexible parts 4 , 4 to form the high pressure chamber 3 by, as shown in FIG. 1C , welding the outer peripheral edges 6 a , 6 a of the flanges 6 , 6 across their entire circumferences to form a weld bead 8 .
  • the diaphragm damper 1 of the present embodiment is used set for example as shown in FIG. 2 . That is, a recess 12 formed in a case 11 is sealed by a lid 13 fit in the inside circumference of the opening of the recess 12 .
  • the diaphragm damper 1 is attached to this sealed space so as to divide the sealed space into a first chamber A 1 and a second chamber A 2 .
  • the diaphragm damper 1 is fixed in place by its flanges 6 being sandwiched between the lid 13 and the inside peripheral walls of the recess 12 . Further, the lid 13 is held down by a plate 16 fixed to the top surface of the case 11 .
  • the case 11 is provided with an inlet passage 14 and an exit passage 15 communicating with the first chamber A 1 . Pulsation of the fluid flowing from the inlet passage 14 is absorbed by deformation of the flexible parts 4 of the diaphragm damper 1 , then the fluid is sent to the exit passage 15 . That is, the diaphragm damper 1 is disposed to absorb the pulsation of pressure of the fluid flowing from the inlet passage 14 to the exit passage 15 .
  • the high pressure chamber 3 of the diaphragm damper 1 is charged with a mixed gas of helium (He) gas and argon (Ar) gas at a predetermined pressure.
  • the initial pressure P 0 at the time of charging of the mixed gas into the high pressure chamber 3 is not particularly limited, but by gauge pressure is preferably 0.1 to 0.5 MPa.
  • the vol % of the helium gas in this mixed gas is 15 to 25 vol % and the vol % of the argon gas is 75 to 85 vol %. If the vol % of the helium gas in this mixed gas is, for example, lower than 15 vol %, as shown in FIG. 4 , the sensitivity of detection of helium in the gas leakage test conducted after welding the weld bead shown in FIG. 1C would become lower than the reference sensitivity Sx and the accuracy of detection of gas leakage would tend to fall.
  • the reference sensitivity Sx is a value of at least 80% of the maximum sensitivity Smax. Below this reference sensitivity Sx, the accuracy of the gas leakage test after welding falls and defective products become hard to judge.
  • the vol % of the helium gas is higher than 25 vol %, even if a diaphragm damper passes the gas leakage test after welding, the gas charged in the high pressure chamber would tend to leak over time along with use for a long period such as 10 years and the pressure Px of the mixed gas would end up falling to below the reference pressure Px with respect to the initial pressure P 0 at the time of charging.
  • the reference pressure Px is a value of at least 75% of the initial pressure P 0 . Below this reference pressure Px, even if the diaphragm damper 1 is disposed for example as shown in FIG. 2 , the effect of prevention of pressure pulsation would end up becoming small.
  • the mixed gas charged in the high pressure chamber 3 a mixed gas of the above ratio, inspection of leakage of gas charged inside becomes easy and it is possible to provide a diaphragm damper resistant to leakage of the charged gas over a long period and superior in reliability.
  • a pair of diaphragms 2 , 2 are prepared.
  • metal sheet for making the diaphragms 2 metal sheet of a thickness of 0.1 to 0.4 mm is used.
  • the material of the metal sheet is not particularly limited so long as it is a material which can be held by a magnet, but it is preferably magnetic stainless steel (precipitation hardened type stainless steel etc.) or austenitic stainless steel (after work hardening).
  • This metal sheet is press-formed etc. to form a flexible part 4 formed with repeated patterns 7 of coaxial concentric ring-shaped recesses and ring-shaped ridges, a positioning part 5 for forming a half space 3 a , and a flange 6 .
  • This production apparatus 10 has a pressure vessel 20 able to pass a laser beam and a pair of a first (upper) jig 30 and a second (lower) jig 40 provided so as to be able to freely rotate in this pressure vessel 20 and to be able to move relative to each other along the direction of their shafts. Further, outside the pressure vessel 20 , a laser system 70 for firing a laser beam into the pressure vessel 20 is disposed.
  • the pressure vessel 20 is provided with a tubular-shaped vessel body 23 surrounding a pressure chamber 22 and a ceiling 24 and floor 25 provided at the top and bottom of the vessel body 23 and sealing the top and bottom of the pressure chamber 22 .
  • the vessel body 23 is provided with a window 21 at a single location.
  • This window 21 is provided with an inside glass plate 21 a at the inside facing the pressure chamber 22 and an outside glass plate 21 b fixed as part of the vessel body 23 .
  • These outside and inside glass plates 21 b , 21 a are designed to pass the laser beam L.
  • the inside glass plate 21 a is detachable to enable welding fumes etc. to be discharged.
  • the first and second jigs 30 , 40 are both cylindrically shaped. Their abutting front end faces are formed with recesses 31 , 41 for positioning and holding the diaphragms 2 .
  • the recesses 31 , 41 are provided at their center bottoms with magnets 32 , 42 .
  • the magnets 32 , 42 may be permanent magnets or electromagnets.
  • the magnets 32 , 42 are embedded in the first and second jigs 30 , 40 .
  • the magnetic force of the magnet 32 of the upper first jig 30 is set stronger than the magnetic force of the magnet 42 of the second jig 40 .
  • the outer peripheries of the magnets 32 , 42 are covered by yokes 32 a , 42 a for guiding the magnetic lines of force and are fit into engagement recesses 31 a , 41 a provided at the bottom centers of the recesses 31 , 41 .
  • the engagement recesses 31 a , 41 a are provided at their bottoms with threaded holes 31 b , 41 b into which threaded shafts 32 b , 42 b projecting from the yokes 32 a , 42 a can be screwed for fastening.
  • the recesses 31 , 41 of the first and second jigs 30 , 40 are positioned and fit with the flexible parts 4 and positioning parts 5 of the diaphragms 2 , 2 which are then held in place by the magnets 32 , 42 .
  • the outer peripheral edges of the flanges 6 of the diaphragms 2 are made to project out from the outer peripheries of the jigs 30 , 40 by having the recesses 31 , 41 position and hold the flexible parts 4 and positioning parts 5 of the diaphragms 2 , 2 .
  • the upper first jig 30 is fixed to the bottom end of the shaft 51 .
  • the shaft 51 is inserted into a bore 24 a formed in the ceiling 24 of the pressure vessel 20 rotatably and slidably in the vertical direction.
  • the shaft 51 is driven by a not shown motor of elevator mechanism.
  • the bottom second jig 40 is mounted to the bottom end of the shaft 61 rotatably inserted into a not shown bore formed in the floor 25 of the pressure vessel 20 .
  • This shaft 61 is driven by a not shown motor etc.
  • the laser system 70 is disposed to face the window 21 . It is positioned so that the optical axis of the fired laser beam L strikes the outer peripheral edge 6 a of the flange 6 of the diaphragm 2 held by the lower second jig 40 not movable in the vertical direction from a horizontal direction (substantially perpendicular to shaft of diaphragm).
  • a YAG laser or other various laser systems may be used as the laser system 70 .
  • the pressure vessel 20 is opened and the first and second jigs 30 , 40 provided in the pressure vessel 20 in the vertical direction are set with diaphragms 2 , 2 .
  • the diaphragms 2 , 2 are magnetically held by the first and second jigs 30 , 40 .
  • the pressure vessel 20 is sealed and evacuated.
  • the diaphragms 2 , 2 held by the first jig 30 and the second jig 40 are separated from each other in the vertical direction.
  • the inside of the pressure vessel 20 is charged and pressurized with a mixed gas including helium-gas and argon gas.
  • the ratio of mixture of the helium gas and argon gas in this mixed gas is the same as the ratio of mixture of the mixed gas charged inside the high pressure chamber 3 .
  • the pressure of the mixed gas inside this pressure vessel 20 is the same as the initial pressure P 0 of the mixed gas charged inside the high pressure chamber 3 .
  • the shaft 51 is made to descend by a not shown elevator mechanism so as to push the first jig 30 toward the second jig 40 and bring the flanges 6 , 6 of the diaphragms 2 , 2 into close contact.
  • a not shown drive system is used to rotate the diaphragms 2 , 2 held by the first and second jigs 30 , 40 and the laser beam L from the laser system 70 is fired against the outer peripheral edges 6 a , 6 a of the flanges 6 , 6 of the closely contacting diaphragms 2 , 2 to weld the entire circumference of the flanges 6 , 6 , form a weld bead 8 , and thereby seal the inside of the high pressure chamber 3 .
  • the gas in the pressure vessel 20 is released to the atmosphere, the pressure vessel 20 is opened, and the sealed welded diaphragm damper 1 is taken out.
  • the diaphragm damper 1 taken out is then measured for the amount of leakage of helium gas by a not shown helium leakage tester and is judged for passing/defective quality. Rather than the amount of leakage of argon gas, the amount of leakage of helium gas is measured because helium has a smaller molecular weight than argon and leaks more easily.
  • the criteria for judging passing/defective quality is for example set to an extremely fine amount of leakage of 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 8 Pa ⁇ m 3 /sec or less.
  • the total width of the produced-diaphragm damper 1 is measured and if in a preset value, the damper is deemed passing.
  • the mixed gas including helium is not limited to the above mixed gas.
  • Various mixed gases such as helium and argon (He+Ar), carbon dioxide and helium (CO 2 +He), argon, carbon dioxide, and helium (Ar+CO 2 +He), etc. may be used.
  • the content of the helium (He) is preferably 20 ⁇ 5 vol %, more preferably 20 ⁇ 3 vol %, still more preferably 20 ⁇ 1 vol %.
  • the vessel was evacuated to about 2 kPa, a mixed gas of argon (Ar) in an amount of 80% and helium (He) in an amount of 20% was charged, and the pressure was raised to 0.3 MPa.
  • LD laser diode
  • continuous output in a range of 220 to 240W was used.
  • the output is adjusted by the welding speed and jig structure to set the conditions for a good melting state.
  • pulse output (PW) is also possible.
  • the welding speed used was 1.2 to 1.8 m/min.
  • the diaphragm damper obtained by the method of production and production apparatus of the present invention is resistant to leakage of the charged gas over a long period, is superior in reliability, and may be used well in high pressure fuel pumps and other locations where pulsation occurs.

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