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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:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Alvin Post, Vancouver, WA (US);
Arthur H. Barnes, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sheldon Bernard, Vancouver, WA (US);
Matthew A. Shepherd, Vancouver, WA (US);
Todd Goyen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
In one example, a fusing system for an additive manufacturing machine includes a fusing lamp to heat build material in the work area, a heat sensor to measure a heat output of the fusing lamp, and a controller operatively connected to the fusing lamp and to the heat sensor to adjust the heat output of the fusing lamp to the work area based on a heat output measured by the heat sensor.