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US 10,245,586 B2Granted
Three-dimensional fluidic check device
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsEric B. Gilbert, Timothy LeRoy Skilton
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Abstract
A monolithic three-dimensional fluidic check device is presented. The monolithic three-dimensional fluidic check device comprises a housing surrounding a fluidic flow path and having a first opening at a first end of the housing and a second opening at a second end of the housing, and an elongated center body positioned within and extending along the fluidic flow path. The elongated center body is stationary relative to a flow of fluid.
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A monolithic three-dimensional fluidic check device comprising:
- a housing surrounding a fluidic flow path and having a first opening at a first end of the housing and a second opening at a second end of the housing;
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- an elongated center body positioned within and extending along the fluidic flow path, wherein the elongated center body is stationary relative to a flow of fluid,
- wherein the housing comprises a first plurality of fins extending from the housing into the fluidic flow path, wherein the first plurality of fins is integral to the housing,
- wherein the elongated center body comprises a second plurality of fins extending from the elongated center body into the fluidic flow path, wherein the second plurality of fins is integral to the elongated center body, and
- wherein each of the first plurality of fins and each of the second plurality of fins has a respective concave curvature facing the second end.
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A three-dimensional fluidic check device comprising:
- a housing containing a fluidic flow path formed by the housing and an elongated center body, wherein the housing comprises a first plurality of fins extending from the housing into the fluidic flow path;
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- the elongated center body surrounded by the fluidic flow path, wherein the elongated center body comprises a second plurality of fins extending from the elongated center body into the fluidic flow path, wherein the first plurality of fins and the second plurality of fins are configured to allow flow of a fluid in a flow direction through the housing and to restrict flow of the fluid in a checked direction,
- wherein each of the first plurality of fins and each of the second plurality of fins has a respective restrictive surface restricting flow of fluid in the checked direction, and wherein each respective restrictive surface is a concave curvature.
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A method comprising:
- flowing a fluid through a fluidic flow path of a three-dimensional fluidic check device from a first opening at a first end of a housing of the three-dimensional fluidic check device to a second opening at a second end of the housing;
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- checking the fluid from moving from the second opening to the first opening by directing momentum of the fluid using only the housing and an elongated center body positioned within and extending along the fluidic flow path to restrict a flow of the fluid from the second opening to the first opening,
- wherein checking the fluid from moving from the second opening to the first opening by directing momentum of the fluid comprises directing momentum of the fluid to restrict a flow of the fluid using a first plurality of fins extending from the housing into the fluidic flow path and a second plurality of fins extending from the elongated center body into the fluidic flow path, wherein the first plurality of fins is integral to the housing and wherein the second plurality of fins is integral to the elongated center body, and
- wherein directing momentum of the fluid to restrict a flow of the fluid using a first plurality of fins extending from the housing into the fluidic flow path and a second plurality of fins extending from the elongated center body into the fluidic flow path comprises directing momentum of the fluid using a respective concave curvature of each of the first plurality of fins and each of the second plurality of fins facing the second opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.