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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:
Jul. 25, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2020
Applicants:

Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Rolls-royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Quinlan Yee Shuck, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Scott Nelson, Carmel, IN (US);

Raymond Ruiwen Xu, Carmel, IN (US);

Brandon David Ribic, Noblesville, IN (US);

Matthew R. Gold, Carmel, IN (US);

Assignees:

Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/18 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); F16L 59/065 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29K 505/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B22F 10/18 (2021.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); F16L 59/065 (2013.01); B29K 2505/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some examples, an additive manufacturing technique for forming a vacuum insulator. For example, a method including forming an article including a first layer, a second layer, and at least one support member extending between the first and second layer by depositing a filament via a filament delivery device, wherein the filament includes a sacrificial binder and a powder, and wherein the first layer, second layer, and at least one support member define an open cavity within the article; removing the binder; and sintering the article to form the vacuum insulator, wherein the vacuum insulator defines a vacuum environment in the cavity.


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