Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additively manufactured valve assembly
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Application No.: US15706879Application Date: 2017-09-18
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Publication No.: US10557555B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Earl Neal Dunham , Aigbedion Akwara , Jared Matthew Wolfe
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16K1/20
- IPC: F16K1/20 ; F16K1/16 ; F16K15/03 ; B33Y80/00 ; B22F3/105 ; B33Y10/00 ; B22F5/00

Abstract:
A valve assembly and a method of additively manufacturing the same are provided. The valve assembly includes a valve housing defining first and second mounting features, such as recessed dimples or protruding bumps, positioned on opposite sides of a substantially cylindrical channel to define a hinge axis. One or more valve flaps are positioned within the cylindrical channel, each valve flap including a hinge member extending along the hinge axis and defining two or more complementary features or coupling members for engaging either the mounting features of the valve housing or an adjacent hinge member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190085983A1 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED VALVE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2019-03-21
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