US 12,330,607 B2
3D printed manifold for a pneumatic control panel of a railway vehicle
Attila Metal, Budapest (HU); and Barnabas Kekedi, Gödöllö (HU)
Assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/781,290
Filed by KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/082038
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/104896, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19212529 (EP), filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410864 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60T 17/04 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/66 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B60T 13/26 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC B60T 17/04 (2013.01) [B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/66 (2021.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60T 13/26 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A manifold for a pneumatic control panel of a railway vehicle, the manifold comprising:
a plurality of conduits for guiding pneumatic fluid coupled to a blank base; and
attachment sections each having one or more fixation openings and one or more conduit openings for attaching a pneumatic device, the one or more the conduit openings arranged at varying angles relative each other,
wherein the manifold is formed from a blank that is manufactured by an additive manufacturing process, and wherein,
wherein each of the plurality of conduits is located between the attachment sections, and wherein multiple of the plurality of conduits have a reduction in a cross-sectional at an area of the manifold and in an overlapping fashion.