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Icon Technology, Inc.

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Michael E McDaniel

Jason D Ballard

Evan Jensen

Alex LeRoux

William C Sweatt

Michael B Sinclair

Richard J Lawson

Eric Freedman

Jared Ficklin

Juan A Romero

Heidi A Smartt

Marguerite Letulle

Kunal Kupwade-Patil

Alexander Le Roux

Ranjit Sidhu

Theodore Richard Cera

Brian Romanko

Lee Fastenau

Robert W Lifford

Keith Tolk

Thao Hien Nguyen

Systems and methods for preparing a three-dimensional printing material derived from aluminosilicate material are provided. The method includes the steps of heating an amount of aluminosilicate powder to a temperature between approximately 1,100° C. and approximately 1,750° C. to form a molten aluminosilicate material; maintaining the molten aluminosilicate material at a temperature between approximately 1,100° C. and approximately 1,750° C. between about one minute and approximately 45 minutes; extruding molten aluminosilicate material through a nozzle to form an elongated bead of molten aluminosilicate material; and cooling the molten aluminosilicate material to form a hardened aluminosilicate material. Once hardened, the aluminosilicate material includes between about 50% and 90% feldspar and demonstrates a strength of between about 5,000 psi and 30,000 psi. The systems and methods enable the construction of structures using raw, in-situ natural resources without the need for additives to adjust or modify the viscosity of the molten material prior to extrusion or printing.

Systems and methods for producing a three-dimensional printable material from igneous anorthosite rock

An apparatus, system and method are provided for launching, deploying and moving mobility platforms used to produce a three-dimensional product using additive printing. The product, or object, is made by collecting materials in-situ at an off-Earth celestial body. A sintering apparatus, such as a laser, is used to consolidate the planetary regrowth into a solid object. The apparatus can receive power, and can apply heat to assist in the consolidation process. The apparatus is moveable to the build site, and includes a print head having a collector for receiving collected materials, a conditioner for sintering and heating the collected materials, and an extruder, specifically a slip form opening in which the materials can be dispersed over the surface of the extraterrestrial body where the powder form of the conditioned materials are sintered, fused, or consolidated into a hard solid bead of material.

System and method for deploying, harvesting, and in-situ three-dimensional printing of structures in an extraterrestrial environment

System and method for deploying, harvesting, and in-situ three-dimensional printing of structures in an extraterrestrial, environment

A reflective particle tag reader system includes a read head assembly having a camera, illuminators, and a rigid frame portion for supporting the camera and the illuminators. The illuminators illuminate a focal point located opposite the camera where a reflective particle tag is placed. A computer in data communication with the camera receives and store images of the reflective particle tag that are acquired by the camera. The computer is programmed to process video images and to quantify a positional alignment parameter and an angular alignment parameter of the reader with respect to the reflective particle tag. A rapid burst of image frames is obtained in response to the positional alignment and the angular alignment parameters being within a predetermined tolerance and identity of the reflective tag is established between a first image set and a second image set.

Non-contact rapid reader system for reflective particle tags

Computing device with carousel selector user interface

A hand tool for squeezing or pressing down over an area with a roller. The tool includes a roller support structure with an elongate member having a first end, a mid-portion, and a second end, a roller support extending from the first end of the elongate member, a handle extending from the mid-portion of the elongate member, and a forearm engagement member. The handle will preferably be detachable from the roller support structure. A roller support frame with a substantially horizontal member and a roller support axis, and an adjustable connection that allows the user to selectively retaining the horizontal member against the roller support member at a desired angle to the roller support member, so that the angle of the roller support axis relative to the roller support member may be varied. Additionally, the removable handle is adapted for direct attachment to the roller support frame to allow use of the roller support frame together with the handle and without the roller support structure.

Adjustable roller tool

The invention is combination pressurized fuel tank/tool box for a vehicle. A single container has a first compartment in said container for holding a pressurized fuel, a second compartment in said container holds tools, and a recessed area used for mounting an inlet valve and gage for indicating the amount of pressurized fuel in the first compartment. The combination can be one single container or, the pressurized fuel tank may be mounted inside the container.

Combination tool box and fuel tank

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Lewisville, TX, United States of America

Michael E McDaniel