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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:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Seongsik Chang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Krzysztof Nauka, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 2301/052 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method for additive manufacturing of metals includes spreading a build material including a metal in a sequence of layers. Each layer has a respective thickness, a respective sequence position, and a respective exposed surface to receive energy from a flood energy source prior to spreading of a subsequent layer. Each respective exposed surface has a surface area of at least 5 square centimeters (cm). Layer-by-layer, the exposed surface of each layer is exposed to the radiated energy from the flood energy source. The energy is radiated at an intensity profile and a fluence sufficient to cause a consolidating transformation of the build material in the exposed layer.


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