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

Claim 14:
15. 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 monolithic fluid component body includes a bending limit feature on an external surface of the body sized and positioned to limit bending of the second portion of the conduit to a desired angle, wherein bending the second portion of the conduit from the first direction to the second direction comprises bending the second portion of the conduit until an outer surface of the conduit abuts the bending limit feature.