US 11,946,418 B2
Composite spray bars
Mark Allen Broome, Holland, MI (US); Seth E. Rutan, Holland, MI (US); and Mark G. Goeddeke, West Olive, MI (US)
Assigned to Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed by Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,486.
Application 17/452,486 is a division of application No. 16/352,290, filed on Mar. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,187,153.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/736,367, filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0049654 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B05B 1/02 (2006.01); B05B 1/14 (2006.01); B05B 1/20 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F16L 9/19 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC F02C 7/222 (2013.01) [B05B 1/02 (2013.01); B05B 1/14 (2013.01); B05B 1/20 (2013.01); B05B 1/205 (2013.01); F16L 9/19 (2013.01); F16L 9/20 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2230/30 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a fuel delivery component, the method comprising:
forming, by additive manufacturing, a substantially rigid, unitary structure as a single piece of material;
defining, within the unitary structure, at least a first seamless lumen defined by the unitary structure; and
defining, by the unitary structure, at least one seamless fluid outlet defining a seamless outlet lumen in fluid communication with the first seamless lumen.