SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BREAKING APART A SUBSTANCE
Granted: February 10, 2022
Application Number:
20220042681
An apparatus for breaking apart a substance is provided. The apparatus includes a body configured to be selectively secured via a fastener between two surfaces of a container and to break apart the substance upon impact. At least a portion of the body is operative to drop towards a bottom surface of the container upon removal of the fastener so as to facilitate removal of the substance from the container.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH SHARED COMPONENTS
Granted: February 10, 2022
Application Number:
20220040921
An additive manufacturing machine includes: a resin support which has at least a portion which is transparent, wherein the resin support defines a build surface; a material depositor operable to deposit a resin which is radiant-energy-curable onto the build surface; at least two build stations, each build station including: a stage positioned adjacent the build zone and configured to hold a stacked arrangement of one or more cured layers of the resin; one or more actuators operable to…
LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD
Granted: February 3, 2022
Application Number:
20220035032
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system includes light sources configured to generate separate beams of light, a lens array configured to receive the separate beams of light from the light sources and to collimate the separate beams of light into collimated outgoing light that is directed toward an examined area of interest, a light sensitive detector configured to sense reflection of at least part of the collimated outgoing light, and one or more processors configured to determine…
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY REFRESHING A RECOATER BLADE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Granted: January 27, 2022
Application Number:
20220023952
The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods involving a mechanism for feeding in a desired amount of fresh recoater blade. This can be accomplished by, for example, spooling the fresh blade material from a spool. This helps prevent work stoppage when a portion of a recoater blade becomes damaged. As such, the present disclosure also relates to a system and method for detecting whether a recoater blade is damaged, and if there is damage, then…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEAT EXCHANGER CONTROL BASED ON REAL-TIME CORROSION MONITORING
Granted: January 13, 2022
Application Number:
20220011062
A system and method of controlling corrosion of a heat exchanger, having a hot gas inlet and outlet and a cold side inlet and outlet. The method includes determining a temperature of the heat exchanger at a first selected location, controlling a temperature of a corrosion sensing device to a first selected temperature based on the temperature of the surface of the heat exchanger and determining a corrosion rate associated with the heat exchanger surface at the first selected location for…
HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIENTS SUPPRESSION FOR HVDISCONNECTORS WITH SLIDING RESISTOR
Granted: January 6, 2022
Application Number:
20220005657
A disconnector to reduce considerably high voltage and high frequency current generated during the service no-load opening and closing, the disconnector comprising a first main contact a second main contact, a sliding contact and an arcing horn having a length, the disconnector having a connected state, an intermediate state and a disconnected state, wherein in the connected state a first electrical contact is established between the first main contact and the second main contact, in…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VACUUM POWDER PLACEMENT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Granted: January 6, 2022
Application Number:
20220001603
A method for fabricating a component of with an additive manufacturing system include entraining a first portion of first material particles in an airflow generated by a vacuum source and engaging the first portion of the first material particles against an air permeable screen. The first portion of the first material particles is deposited onto a build platform. The method also includes entraining a second portion of second material particles in the airflow and engaging the second…
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTRICAL INSULATION
Granted: December 30, 2021
Application Number:
20210407878
A device comprises: a high temperature semiconductor device comprising a first surface, wherein the high temperature semiconductor device comprises an active area and a termination area disposed adjacent to the active area; an inorganic dielectric insulating layer disposed on the first surface, wherein the inorganic dielectric insulating layer fills a volume extending over an entirety of the termination area and comprises a thickness greater than or equal to 25 ?m and less than or equal…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING AN ABSTRACTION LAYER BETWEEN AN APPLICATION LAYER AND HARDWARE COMPONENTS OF A COMPUTING DEVICE
Granted: December 23, 2021
Application Number:
20210397526
A method of providing an abstraction layer between an application layer and one or more existing hardware components of a computing device includes receiving a request for a resource from the application layer, determining a component type for performing a task according to the request for the resource, determining whether the one or more existing hardware components of the computing device correspond to the component type for performing the task based on a predetermined function of the…
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING FOR REAL-TIME SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE
Granted: December 16, 2021
Application Number:
20210390028
A system and method determines a unique performance benchmark for specific computer object code for a particular microprocessor. By generating multiple unique benchmarks for a single, same code module on multiple different processors, the method determines which processor is optimal for the code module. By generating for a single designated processor a performance benchmark for each code modules of multiple modules, where the multiple modules have a same/similar functionality but…
MECHANICAL PUNCHED VIA FORMATION IN ELECTRONICS PACKAGE AND ELECTRONICS PACKAGE FORMED THEREBY
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210375813
An electronics package includes an electrically insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface, an adhesive layer positioned on the first surface of the electrically insulating substrate, and an electrical component having a top surface coupled to the adhesive layer on a surface thereof opposite the electrically insulating substrate, the electrical component having contact pads on the top surface. Vias are formed through the electrically insulating substrate and the…
SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING ROOMS IN A MEDICAL FACILITY
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210375446
A system for monitoring room use in a medical facility. The system includes medical devices having sensors that produce machine data corresponding to operation of that medical device. A central processing module analyzes the machine data to identify portions corresponding to clinical cases via at least one of: detecting changes in operational status within the medical devices, detecting changes to devices settings within the medical devices, and detecting a delivery or consumption of…
SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PRINTING SLICES OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT MODEL
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210373529
A method carried out by a printing device includes receiving a model of a three-dimensional component, receiving an output structure definition for the component, and segmenting the model of the component into a stack of slices. The method further includes, for each of the slices in the stack, outputting a respective printing layer comprising an arrangement of one or more slice instances of the slice according to the output structure definition.
WATER-BASED BINDER SOLUTIONS FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210371641
In various embodiments, a water-based binder solution for use in additive manufacturing, includes a thermoplastic binder. The thermoplastic binder includes a first polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from greater than or equal to 5,000 g/mol to less than or equal to 15,000 g/mol, a second polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight of from greater than or equal to 10,000 g/mol to less than or equal to 50,000 g/mol, and a third polymer strand having…
BINDER SOLUTIONS COMPRISING NANOPARTICLES FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210371619
A binder solution comprises greater than or equal to 0.5 wt % and less than or equal to 20 wt % of nanoparticles, a thermoplastic binder, and a solvent. The nanoparticles may comprise metallic nanoparticles comprising nickel, silver, chromium, aluminum, cobalt, iron, or combinations thereof. The nanoparticles may comprise ceramic nanoparticles, the comprising alumina, aluminum nitride, zirconia, titania, silica, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, boron nitride, or combinations thereof. A…
WATER-BASED BINDERS AND METHODS OF USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF PARTS
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210370589
A method of manufacturing comprises depositing a layer of a powder on a working surface and selectively depositing a water-based binder solution comprising from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % of a non-aqueous solvent having a boiling point of greater than 100° C. and less than or equal to 175° C. at 1 atm and a thermoplastic binder comprises a first polymer strand including a first functional group and a second polymer strand including a second functional group into the layer of powder in a…
FLUORESCENT BINDERS FOR USE IN MONITORING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210370588
A method of manufacturing a green body part comprises depositing a layer of a powder on a working surface; and selectively depositing a binder solution comprising a thermoplastic binder, a fluorescent material, and a binder medium into the layer of powder in a pattern representative of a structure of a layer of the green body part. The thermoplastic binder comprises one or more polymer strands dissolved in a solvent medium having an average molecular weight from greater than or equal to…
BINDER SOLUTIONS COMPRISING A FUGITIVE METAL PRECURSOR FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Granted: December 2, 2021
Application Number:
20210370547
A binder solution comprises a fugitive metal precursor, a thermoplastic binder, and a solvent. The fugitive metal precursor may comprise an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a post-transition metal, a metalloid, a rare earth metal, or combinations thereof. The fugitive metal precursor may comprise a salt such as carboxylate, nitrate, sulfate, carbonate, formate, chloride, halide, derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. A method of manufacturing a part includes depositing a…
AIRFLOW CONTROL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Granted: November 25, 2021
Application Number:
20210362416
A method, apparatus, and program for additive manufacturing. The additive manufacturing device includes a positioning mechanism configured to provide independent movement of at least one build unit in at least two dimensions. The build unit may further include a gasflow device for providing a flow zone along a first direction with relation to the build unit. The build unit may further include a powder delivery mechanism and an irradiation beam directing unit. The irradiation bean unit…
OPERATIONS OPTIMIZATION ASSIGNMENT CONTROL SYSTEM WITH COUPLED SUBSYSTEM MODELS AND DIGITAL TWINS
Granted: November 11, 2021
Application Number:
20210350294
Optimization systems and methods for optimizing business operations and asset systems are disclosed. A system includes digital twins corresponding to asset systems; business models corresponding to business operations; and an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU is programmed to: implement an asset optimizer module, where implementing the asset optimizer module interconnects the digital twins for optimization; execute the asset optimizer module, where the asset optimizer module…
