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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:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Philip Alexander Morton, El Paso, TX (US);
Syed Zia Uddin, El Paso, TX (US);
Ryan B. Wicker, El Paso, TX (US);
David Espalin, El Paso, TX (US);
Lawrence Eugene Murr, El Paso, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/70 (2014.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); C22C 1/04 (2006.01); C22C 21/10 (2006.01); C22C 21/00 (2006.01); C22C 21/08 (2006.01); C22C 21/16 (2006.01); C22C 21/14 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B22F 3/105 (2013.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B23K 26/034 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/702 (2015.10); C22C 1/0416 (2013.01); C22C 21/00 (2013.01); C22C 21/08 (2013.01); C22C 21/10 (2013.01); C22C 21/14 (2013.01); C22C 21/16 (2013.01); H05B 6/101 (2013.01); B22F 2202/17 (2013.01); B22F 2203/11 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method of forming a crack-free aluminum alloy structure using additive manufacturing is presented. A powder bed of precursor aluminum alloy powder is heated. The crack-free aluminum alloy structure is formed within a laser powder bed fusion system encompassing the powder bed during heating.