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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Carlos H. Bonilla, Lebanon, OH (US);
Gregory Kurt Miller, Houston, PA (US);
John Sterle, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Vadim Bromberg, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/329 (2017.01); B29C 64/343 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/329 (2017.08); B29C 64/343 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method for providing build material to an additive manufacturing system () includes moving the build material () from a dosing hopper () to an interior space defined by one or more supply sidewalls of a supply receptacle () and a piston () positioned within the supply receptacle (), and moving the piston toward a working surface () of the additive manufacturing system, thereby moving build material within the interior space to the working surface.