Fluid component body and method of making same
AssigneeSwagelok Company
InventorsWilliam H. Glime, III, Branden W. Keeper, Samuel Gunther Houser
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Abstract
A method of fabricating a fluid component body includes forming a monolithic fluid component body including a valve segment having an annular upper perimeter wall portion defining a valve cavity and a lower base portion defining first and second flow ports, and a conduit segment extending from one of the first and second flow ports and including a conduit end portion defining a tubular portion extending in a first direction and spaced apart from a remainder of the fluid component body. The conduit end portion is bent from the first direct to a second direction.
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A manifold body comprising:
- first and second valve segments each comprising an annular upper perimeter wall portion defining a valve cavity and a lower base portion defining first and second flow ports, wherein the upper perimeter wall of the second valve segment includes a portion that is fused with an adjacent portion of the upper perimeter wall of the second valve segment;
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- a conduit segment defining a fluid flow path including a first leg flow path portion defining a conduit end portion and a second leg flow path portion extending from the first leg flow path portion to one of the first and second flow ports of the first valve segment.
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A method of fabricating a fluid component body, the method comprising:
- forming a monolithic fluid component body including a valve segment having an annular upper perimeter wall portion defining a valve cavity and a lower base portion defining first and second flow ports, and a conduit segment extending from one of the first and second flow ports and including a conduit end portion defining a tubular portion extending in a first direction and spaced apart from a remainder of the fluid component body;
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- bending the conduit end portion from the first direct to a second direction.
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A method of fabricating a fluid component, the method comprising:
- forming, using additive manufacturing, a conduit having first and second portions connected by a central portion;
- bending the central portion of the conduit to reorient the second portion of the conduit with respect to the first portion of the conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.