Flexible fluid flow modifying device

US11841037B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Vortex Pipe Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul Wayne Schmidt · Lennestadt, DE
• Avijit Ghosh · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 24, 2023
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16L55/02772
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed fluid flow modifying devices are useful with flexible fluid flow conduits. Such devices are adapted for mitigating adverse flow considerations arising from one or more bends in flexible fluid flow conduits. These adverse flow considerations are generally characterized as enhanced laminar flow and associated increased backpressure arising from reduced flow velocity caused by the one or more bends. Beneficially, disclosed fluid flow modifying devices cause flow of flowable material (e.g., a liquid) within a flow passage of a fluid flow conduit to have a rotational flow profile. Such a rotational flow profile advantageously reduces frictional losses associated with laminar flow and with directional change of fluid flow.