Patent ID: 11965605
Assignee: SWAGELOK COMPANY
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 10:
11. A method of fabricating a fluid component, the method comprising:
forming, using additive manufacturing, a monolithic fluid component body including a conduit having first and second portions connected by a central portion and 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, with the first portion of the conduit extending from one of the first and second flow ports and the second portion of the conduit defining a tubular portion extending in a first direction and spaced apart from a remainder of the fluid component body; and
bending the central portion of the conduit to reorient the second portion of the conduit with respect to the first portion of the conduit, such that the second portion of the conduit is reoriented from a first direction to a second direction;
wherein the central portion of the conduit has a reduced wall thickness relative to the first and second portions of the conduit.