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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Kevin George Harding, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/064 (2014.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2015.01); B22F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/0643 (2013.01); B22F 3/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing method includes patterning a laser beam using a mirror array; and reflecting the patterned laser beam from the mirror array onto a powder to melt the powder, wherein the pattern corresponds to a portion of a layer of an article.