US 12,386,370 B2
Volume flow rate smoothing device
Brian Speldrich, Freeport, IL (US); Jamie Speldrich, Freeport, IL (US); and Ian Bentley, Manchester, NH (US)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,540.
Prior Publication US 2024/0377846 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 7/01 (2006.01); G01F 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 7/0106 (2013.01) [G01F 15/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A volume flow rate smoothing device comprising:
a body portion defining a chamber therein, wherein the body portion includes a bulbous expansion body and a flow body connected to the bulbous expansion body, and wherein the chamber is defined by the flow body and the bulbous expansion body;
a first flow restrictor portion and a second flow restrictor portion each disposed in fluid communication with the body portion,
wherein the volume flow rate smoothing device is configured to fluidically communicate with a pump via a first end of the volume flow rate smoothing device to receive a fluid flow from the pump along a fluid pathway extending through the first flow restrictor portion, the body portion, and the second flow restrictor portion,
wherein the first flow restrictor portion is disposed upstream of the body portion, and
wherein the second flow restrictor portion is disposed downstream of the body portion.