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US 2019/0232547 A1Published application
Method of making 3d tube and 3d tube made thereby
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNicholas Joseph Kray, Wendy Wenling Lin, Arthur William Sibbach, Aaron Todd Sellinger
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Abstract
A method of making a 3D tube and the 3D tube made thereby. The method comprises: inserting a deflated pre-formed bladder into the 3D tube; and inflating the pre-formed bladder to deform the 3D tube and make the 3D tube have a substantially similar shape as that of the pre-formed bladder inflated.
Claims20
A method of making a 3D tube, the method comprising:
- inserting a deflated pre-formed bladder into the 3D tube;
- and
- inflating the deflated pre-formed bladder to deform the 3D tube and make the 3D tube have a substantially similar shape as that of the pre-formed bladder inflated.
A 3D tube, which is manufactured by a method comprising:
- inserting a deflated pre-formed bladder into the 3D tube;
- and
- inflating the deflated pre-formed bladder to deform the 3D tube and make the 3D tube have a substantially similar shape as that of the pre-formed bladder inflated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.