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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Bristol, CT (US);
Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Paul F. Croteau, Columbia, CT (US);
Ellen Y. Sun, South Windsor, CT (US);
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A pressure vessel assembly includes a vessel including a wall defining a chamber and a circumferentially continuous lip projecting into the chamber from the wall. The lip defines a through-bore in fluid communication with the chamber. A nozzle assembly including a tube and a flange projecting radially outward from the tube. The tube includes a first portion projecting from the flange and through the through-bore and an opposite second portion projecting outward from the flange. The flange is in contact with the wall and the first portion includes an outer surface having a contour configured to produce sealing friction between the lip and the outer surface.