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Patent No.:

US 12377469 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2021

Recoater for additive manufacturing

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ryan William Van Deest, Liberty Township, OH (US);

David Scott Simmermon, Felicity, OH (US);

Nicholas Ryan Dodds, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Mohammed Mounir Shalaby, Mason, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Galen H Hauth

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B22F 10/50 (2021.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B29C 64/214 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 12/67 (2021.01); B22F 10/50 (2021.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B29C 64/214 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract

A recoater for an additive manufacturing apparatus includes a recoater arm and retainer operably coupled with the recoater arm. The retainer includes a housing defining a cavity. A blade carrier supports one or more blades. An actuator is operably coupled with the housing and is configured to compressively retain an upper portion of the blade carrier within the cavity between a slide of the actuator and the housing.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Van Deest, Ryan. (2025). Recoater for additive manufacturing (U.S. Patent No. 12377469). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12377469

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