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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Christopher F. O'Neill, Hebron, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/20 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01); G01N 3/22 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/28 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); G01N 1/286 (2013.01); G01N 3/22 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); G01N 2203/0284 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0298 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of obtaining a sample of materials includes building a product through an additive manufacturing process. A capsule is formed with an internal chamber inside of the capsule. The capsule is formed during the building of the additive manufacturing product. A sample of powder is encapsulated inside the internal chamber as the capsule is built. The internal chamber is hermetically sealed from an exterior environment to retain the sample of powder in the internal chamber.