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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:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Philip A. Morton, El Paso, TX (US);
Ryan Wicker, El Paso, TX (US);
Jorge Mireles, El Paso, TX (US);
Alejandro Hinojos, El Paso, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 3/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 3/008 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G06F 17/5018 (2013.01); G06F 17/5086 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
Methods and systems comprise new design procedures that can be implemented for additive manufacturing technologies that involve evaluation of stress concentration sites using finite element analysis and implementation of scanning strategies during fabrication that improve performance by spatially adjusting thermal energy at potential failure sites or high stress regions of a part.