The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mark Alan Frontera, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James William Sears, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Andras Zavodszky, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
Adaptively forming a three-dimensional component may include providing a plurality of electron beam sources, and simultaneously controlling the plurality of electron beam sources to direct a plurality of electron beams onto a plurality of deposited layers of metallic powder to sequentially consolidate patterned portions of the plurality of deposited metallic powder layers to adaptively form the three-dimensional component.