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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Marie Ann Mcmasters, Mason, OH (US);
Michael A. Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alfred Mancini, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Marie Ann McMasters, Mason, OH (US);
Michael A. Benjamin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alfred Mancini, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A unitary conduit for transporting a fluid is described, the conduit comprising a body and a flow passage located within the body, the flow passage having an inlet end and an exit end, wherein the flow passage and the body have a unitary construction. In another embodiment, a unitary conduit has a flow passage wherein the cross sectional shape of the flow passage changes from a first cross sectional shape to a second cross sectional shape. In another embodiment, the exterior contour of the body generally conforms to the interior contour of the flow passage. In another embodiment, the flow passage branches to a plurality of sub-passages.