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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:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zachary David Fieldman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Joerger, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Neal Dunham, Hamilton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); Y02P 10/25 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for additive manufacturing (AM) that utilize support structure in the process of building objects that may be removed by rotating the support structure to a second orientation before removal, as well as novel support structures to be used within these AM processes. The support structures are fabricated in a first orientation and then rotated to the second orientation. The support structures are removed by passing through an outlet of the object.