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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Subhrajit Roychowdhury, Schenectady, NY (US);

Matthias Hoebel, Windisch, CH;

Lang Yuan, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Prabhjot Singh, Rexford, NY (US);

Michael Evans Graham, Slingerlands, NY (US);

Robert John Filkins, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Thomas Etter, Aargau, CH;

Felix Martin Gerhard Roerig, Baden, CH;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/02 (2014.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/064 (2014.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 26/02 (2013.01); B23K 26/064 (2015.10); B23K 26/0626 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/0876 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract

An additive manufacturing system includes a laser device, a build plate, and a scanning device. The laser device is configured to generate a laser beam with a variable intensity. The build plate is configured to support a powdered build material. The scanning device is configured to selectively direct the laser beam across the powdered build material to generate a melt pool on the build plate. The scanning device is configured to oscillate a spatial position of the laser beam while the laser device is configured to simultaneously modulate the intensity of the laser beam to thermally control the melt pool.


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