A method for manufacturing a hydropneumatic accumulator including a metal
sheet casing and an elastomer membrane which separates the inside of the
casing into a first chamber containing a pressurized gas and a second
chamber containing a liquid, this membrane being fixed to the casing by a
cup, in which method a sheet metal disk is cold deformed in two
operations, namely a first operation for obtaining a cylindrical or
conical blank, one end of which has a convex bottom and provided with an
orifice for filling the first chamber with gas, and a second operation in
which, after the membrane has been fixed in the casing by means of the
cup, the cylindrical part of the blank is hammered so as to give it a
spherical shape with an axial orifice in which a connection is crimped and
welded for feeding liquid into the second chamber, wherein said cup is
fixed to the bottom of the casing by irremovable means and the first
deformation operation is carried out so that the blank has a form such
that the membrane may be engaged between it and the cup, clamping of the
membrane between the cup and the casing being obtained during the second
spherical hammering operation.