Jerome Longtine

Title: Jerome Longtine and Frangible FDM Additive Manufacturing

Introduction

Jerome Longtine is an inventor associated with Marine City, Michigan, and General Motors Global Technology Operations, Inc. His patent work concerns additive manufacturing, specifically a design for a frangible anchor stanchion used in fused deposition modeling.

Latest Patents

Longtine is credited with 1 patent: “Frangible Fused Deposition Modeling Additive Manufacturing Anchor Stanchion.” The invention describes an additively manufactured part supported above a substrate by a stanchion. The stanchion connects frangibly to the part’s side surface, with some stanchion layers forming the support and others overlapping the part layers. This arrangement is designed to support the part during manufacturing while allowing the stanchion to be separated afterward.

Career Highlights

Longtine’s listed patent reflects work on support structures for fused deposition modeling. By addressing how a printed part is held during fabrication and released from its support, the invention focuses on a practical challenge in additive manufacturing.

Collaborations

The supplied information lists Benjamin John LeBlanc and Mitchell Patterson as Longtine’s coworkers. Their shared association with General Motors Global Technology Operations, Inc. provides context for his professional environment, though the available details do not specify their roles in the patent.

Conclusion

Jerome Longtine’s patent documents a focused contribution to additive manufacturing: a frangible stanchion design intended to support printed parts and facilitate their separation from the support structure.