Patent ID: 9597732
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B22F,B33Y,F16L,Y02P

Claim:
1. A monolithic flow restrictor configured for disposing in a fluid passage of a housing body, the monolithic flow restrictor comprising: a first end and a second end; a first screen at the first end and a second screen at the second end; and a series of cross-sectional portions between the first screen and the second screen, each cross-sectional portion having a plurality of slots formed in a radially outer surface thereof for connecting a series of restricting orifices formed in the monolithic flow restrictor for tortuously conducting a fluid through the series of cross-sectional portions, wherein each of the first and second screens includes n orifices distributed in parallel along a line extending perpendicularly from a central axis of the flow restrictor body and in a top of the first screen and a top of the second screen.