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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Grid Logic Incorporated, Lapeer, MI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew J. Holcomb, Metamora, MI (US);
Ira J. Holcomb, Jr., Shelby Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Grid Logic Incorporated, Lapeer, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/00 (2006.01); C22C 32/00 (2006.01); C22C 1/04 (2006.01); C22C 29/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/008 (2013.01); B22F 3/105 (2013.01); B22F 3/1039 (2013.01); B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); C22C 1/04 (2013.01); C22C 29/00 (2013.01); C22C 32/00 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1053 (2013.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
The invention relates to a manufacturing system and method for manufacturing a part. A negative powder forms a holder suitable to hold particles of a positive powder in proximity to one another. A connection scheme such as heating, the use of pressure and/or a binder, when employed, connects the particles to one another to form the part.