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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Unison Industries, Llc, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Trent William Muhlenkamp, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin Robert Dickson, Dayton, OH (US);
Christopher David Barnhill, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian Thomas Thompson, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Unison Industries, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a stage configured to hold a component. A radiant energy device is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image. An actuator is configured to change a relative position of the stage relative to the radiant energy device. A resin management system includes a material deposition assembly upstream configured to deposit a resin on a resin support. The material deposition assembly includes a reservoir configured to retain a first volume of the resin and define a thickness of the resin on the resin support as the resin support is translated in an X-axis direction. The material deposition assembly further includes a vessel positioned above the reservoir in a Z-axis direction and configured to store a second volume of the resin. In addition, the material deposition assembly includes a conduit configured to direct the resin from the vessel to the reservoir.