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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Eliezer Manuel Alcantara Marte, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Zachary David Fieldman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Sinnett, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Joerger, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Neal Dunham, Hamilton, OH (US);
Mike Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for additive manufacturing (AM) that utilize support surrounding structures in the process of building objects, as well as novel surrounding support structures to be used within these AM processes. The support structure surrounds at least a portion of the object with a continuous thickness of powder disposed between the support structure and the object, the continuous thickness of powder having a maximum thickness that does not exceed 10 mm.