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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.:

US 10882291 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2017

Additive-manufacturing systems, apparatuses and methods

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

David Michael Dietrich, Saint Peters, MO (US);

Russell W. Cochran, Maryland Heights, MO (US);

Daniel D. Bloch, Saint Peters, MO (US);

Gary W. Coleman, Snohomish, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Patterson + Sheridan, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jeffrey M Wollschlager

Assistant Examiner:

Armand Melendez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B32B 33/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 3/24 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/30 (2017.01); B29C 64/188 (2017.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/273 (2017.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 33/00 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.08); B29C 64/188 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/268 (2017.08); B29C 64/30 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01); B22F 2003/245 (2013.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B23P 6/007 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/273 (2017.08); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/25 (2015.11);
Abstract

In one aspect, A method of forming a product using an additive-manufacturing head includes forming a new layer of material of the product with the additive-manufacturing head. Forming the new layer of material includes depositing the new layer of material on an existing layer of material and melting the new layer of material so that the new layer of material is welded to the existing layer of material. The method also includes processing at least one of the new layer of material or the existing layer of material with a laser-emitting device, coupled to the additive-manufacturing head. Processing the at least one of the new layer of material or the existing layer of material with the laser-emitting device comprises smoothing a lateral surface of at least one of the new layer of material or the existing layer of material with a laser beam, emitted from the laser-emitting device.

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