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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Joseph Kray, West Chester, OH (US);
Wendy Wenling Lin, Evendale, OH (US);
Arthur William Sibbach, Lynn, MA (US);
Aaron Todd Sellinger, Evendale, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 55/28 (2006.01); B29C 53/08 (2006.01); B29C 53/82 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29C 53/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 55/285 (2013.01); B29C 53/083 (2013.01); B29C 53/82 (2013.01); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B29C 53/84 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2023/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a 3D tube and the 3D tube made thereby. The method comprises: inserting a deflated pre-formed bladder into the 3D tube; and inflating the pre-formed bladder to deform the 3D tube and make the 3D tube have a substantially similar shape as that of the pre-formed bladder inflated.