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Patent No.:

US 12358075 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2021

Occulting device for optical system in additive manufacturing systems

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Baily Thomas, Bellefonte, PA (US);

Scott Nelson, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Abdalla R. Nassar, State College, PA (US);

John Grubbs, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Elizabeth M Kerr

Assistant Examiner:

Simpson A Chen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/368 (2021.01); B22F 12/40 (2021.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/064 (2014.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/368 (2021.01); B22F 12/40 (2021.01); B23K 26/034 (2013.01); B23K 26/064 (2015.10); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G02B 5/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

An additive manufacturing system may include an energy delivery device configured to deliver energy to a component to form a melt pool at least partially surrounded by a cooling region; and an optical system comprising: an imaging device; and an occulting device, wherein the occulting device is configured to occult at least part of thermal emissions produced by the energy and the melt pool and transmit at least some thermal emissions produced by the cooling region.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thomas, Baily. (2025). Occulting device for optical system in additive manufacturing systems (U.S. Patent No. 12358075). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12358075

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