Fluid flow control component

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Description

This invention was made with government support under Contract No. 2127461 awarded by The National Science Foundation. The government has certain rights in the invention.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of a fluid flow control component;

FIG. 2 is a back perspective view of the component of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the component of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a back view of the component of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the component of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the component of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the component of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the component of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of a fluid flow control component;

FIG. 10 is a back perspective view of the component of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a front view of the component of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a back view of the component of FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a right side view of the component of FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is a left side view of the component of FIG. 9;

FIG. 15 is a top view of the component of FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the component of FIG. 9.

The broken lines in the figures depict portions of the article which form no part of the claimed design.

The short-dash/long-dash broken lines illustrate boundary lines and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a fluid flow control component as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1083031
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 25, 2023
Date of Patent: Jul 8, 2025
Assignee: HEN NOZZLES INC. (Hayward, CA)
Inventors: Sunny Sethi (Castro Valley, CA), Nicholas James McKibben (Oakland, CA)
Primary Examiner: Justin C Dodson
Assistant Examiner: Matthew Bird
Application Number: 29/890,577
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