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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2000
Alex B. Fife, San Jose, CA (US);
Jack T. Matsumoto, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A forged nozzle shell course for a pressure vessel includes shell course comprising at least one reinforcement portion extending radially outward from an outer surface of the shell course with each reinforcing portion including a nozzle having a radius. The nozzle includes a bore extending from an outside surface of the reinforcing portion to an inside surface of the shell course, and at least one extension attachment surface located adjacent to and coaxial to the bore. The reinforcing portion having a longitudinal dimension equal to about 2.0 times the radius of the nozzle, and a circumferential dimension equal to about 1.5 times the radius of the nozzle, measured from the centerline of the nozzle bore.