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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Sakuu Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Morteza Vatani, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Karl Littau, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sakuu Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus are provided for removing powder in an additive manufacturing system. In one implementation for removing non-patterned powder from a substrate having a patterned powder portion, and a non-patterned powder, at least one laser having beam parameters is applied to the non-patterned powder for a period of time sufficient to remove the non-patterned powder from the substrate.