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Flow divider and fluid line system formed by same

US12163614B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG · CH

Inventors

Mattia Alioli · Binningen, CH
Vivek Kumar · Troy, US
Marc Werner · Wyhlen, DE
Natalie Schlachter · Wehr, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2020
Grant date	Dec 10, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F15/185
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flow divider comprises a lumen having perpendicular, symmetry planes intersecting in an axis of inertia connecting the ends. Cross sectional area have radii extending from a geometric center of gravity to the wall and lying at an angle φ (−180°≤φ≤180°) to a reference axis and being perpendicular to its axis of inertia, wherein each radius lying at an angle φ=0° to the relevant reference axis points away from the symmetry plane, and fulfills a formula fi(φ, Pi) associated with its cross sectional area and defined by a coefficients set Pi (Pi=[ai bi m1i m2i n1i n2i n3i]) corresponding to the flow divider opening: in such a manner that the radii R4(φ) of a cross sectional area of the lumen fulfills a formula f4(φ, P4) defined by a coefficients set P4=[a4 b4 m14 m24 n14 n24 n34], with a4=(0.95 . . . 1), b4=(0.45 . . . 0.7), m14=4, m24=4, n14=3.0, n24=n14 and n34=(3 . . . 4).

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