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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
David M. Dietrich, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); B32B 15/01 (2006.01); B32B 5/30 (2006.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); G06K 19/08 (2006.01); B33Y 99/00 (2015.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 15/0086 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B23K 15/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 26/702 (2015.10); B32B 5/30 (2013.01); B32B 15/01 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B33Y 99/00 (2014.12); B41M 3/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00577 (2013.01); G06K 19/086 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1057 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for manufacturing and authenticating a three-dimensional article including the steps of (1) successively building up the article from a metal powder by an additive manufacturing process by scanning a selected portion of the metal powder with electromagnetic radiation, (2) forming an anti-counterfeiting mark in the article during the additive manufacturing process, and (3) determining whether the article includes the anti-counterfeiting mark.