US Patent 6945423 Medially stabilized liquid surge suppressors

The present disclosure provides liquid surge suppressors and methods of manufacturing such surge suppressors. In one exemplary implementation of the invention, a surge suppressor includes a plurality of flexible longitudinal members, each of which is joined to the other longitudinal members at a first junction and at a second junction spaced from the first junction along a central axis. A generally planar medial disk may lie in a transverse plane substantially perpendicular to the central axis and having a generally circular central orifice. The medial disk being joined to a portion of each of the longitudinal members intermediate the first and second junctions and defining a fixed relationship between the longitudinal members.