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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. 29, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2021
Applicant:

The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Alan G. Jacobs, Rockville, MD (US);

Boris N. Feigelson, Springfield, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/10 (2006.01); B22F 5/10 (2006.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/105 (2013.01); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B22F 5/10 (2013.01); B22F 2301/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

RF susceptors manufactured by means of 3D printing. 3D-printed susceptors in accordance with the invention include susceptors having solid or mesh walls, where the susceptors are in the form of hollow cylinders, pyramids, spheres, hemispheres, ellipsoids, paraboloids, toroids, or prisms; flat planes; or other hollow or solid three-dimensional shapes. The 3D-printed susceptors can be formed from any suitable starting material, such as tungsten powder, graphite, silicon carbide, molybdenum powder, tantalum powder, rhenium powder, or alloys thereof, or can be formed such that some portions of the susceptors are formed from one or more materials while other portions are formed from different material(s).


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