Seamless Fluid Storage and Transport Module

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Patent No.
8,820,359
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Device or Machine

A fluid storage and transport module includes complex plumbing features such as fluid reservoirs, filters, heat exchangers, three-dimensionally routed tubing, valves, mixing chambers, and exit apertures formed in and on a monolithic common bulk material using an additive rapid prototyping process of depositing multiple layers of rapid prototyping materials without welds, adhesives or compression fittings, being made by a method that minimizes leaks, maximizes packing density of the functional components, and increases the plumbing robustness to leaks.

Keywords: fluid storage, spacecraft fluid storage, plumbing
International Class: B29C35/08, B64G1/40, F17C1/00