Patent ID: 11920542
Assignee: MOOG INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 14:
15. A method of fabricating a three-dimensional monolithic diaphragm tank, the method comprising:
providing an energy beam array;
providing a powder material bed including a powder material;
transforming at least a portion of said powder material using a plurality of energy beams from said energy beam array to form a first hardened layer;
rolling additional powder material onto said powder material bed over said first hardened layer;
transforming at least a portion of said additional powder material using said plurality of energy beams from said energy beam array to form a second hardened layer; and
repeating the rolling of said additional powder material onto said powder material bed and said transforming of said at least a portion of said additional powder material to form a three-dimensional monolithic positive expulsion diaphragm tank, said three-dimensional monolithic positive expulsion diaphragm tank comprising a deformable diaphragm arranged in a center cavity thereof, and first and second outlet ports in fluid connection with a first chamber of said three-dimensional monolithic positive expulsion diaphragm tank, wherein said first and second outlet ports are relatively offset.