Patents Assigned to Carbon, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11478988
    Abstract: A method of separating excess resin from at least one object, includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object on at least one carrier platform, each carrier platform having a planar build surface to which at least one object is connected, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each carrier platform to a rotor; (c) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each carrier platform connected thereto while each object remains connected to each carrier platform; and then (d) removing each carrier platform from the rotor with each object thereon, with excess resin separated therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Murillo, Gregory W. Dachs, II, Bob E. Feller
  • Patent number: 11479628
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of making (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes with zirconium catalysts, dual cure resins containing (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes and zirconium catalysts, methods of using the same in additive manufacturing, and products made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Gordon Wright
  • Patent number: 11478987
    Abstract: Method of making a three-dimensional object, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a carrier platform on which the three-dimensional object can be formed; (b) producing the three-dimensional object, (c) immersing the object in a wash liquid with the object remaining adhered to the carrier platform; (d) agitating (i) the object in said wash liquid, (ii) the wash liquid with the object immersed therein, or (iii) both the object and the wash liquid, to at least partially remove residual resin from the surface of the object; (e) separating the object from the wash liquid, with the object remaining adhered to the carrier platform, (f) agitating the object to at least partially remove residual wash liquid from the surface thereof; and (g) repeating steps (c) through (f) to remove additional polymerizable resin from the surface thereof, wherein steps (c) through (f) are carried out in the same vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Courtney F. Converse, W. Ryan Powell, Sherwood Forlee, David Eliot Scheinman, Scott Heines, Edwin James Sabathia, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11472904
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of making a clear or translucent object by additive manufacturing, comprising (a) providing a clear or translucent light polymerizable resin, the resin comprising: (i) light-polymerizable monomers, prepolymers, or a combination thereof; (ii) a photoinitiator; and (iii) a polysubstituted linear polyacene ultraviolet light absorbing compound which compound is polysubstituted with bromo, chloro, —Se—R?, —S—R? or combinations thereof, where each R? is independently selected from alkyl, aryl, and arylalkyl; and then (b) producing by stereolithography with ultraviolet light a clear or translucent object from said light polymerizable resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory R. Robbins, Steven Kenneth Pollack
  • Patent number: 11466121
    Abstract: Provided herein according to aspects of the present invention are resins that: (a) are suitable for use in additive manufacturing techniques such as bottom-up and top-down stereolithography, (b) produce objects that are bioresorbable, and (c) produce objects that are flexible or elastic (preferably at at least typical room temperatures of 25° C., and in some embodiments at typical human body temperatures of 37° C.). Such resins may include: (a) a bioresorbable polyester oligomer having reactive end groups; (b) non-reactive diluent; (c) optionally reactive diluent; and (d) a photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Xinyu Gu, Sharon Chen, Gina Michelle Policastro, Peyton Hopson, Jackie Donners, Michael Vendely, Jason L. Harris
  • Patent number: 11458673
    Abstract: A method of making a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing from a blended resin (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Courtney F. Converse, Oshin Nazarian, Matthew Panzer
  • Publication number: 20220305843
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced composite wheel for a road vehicle includes a rim and a mount integrally joined to the barrel by spokes, wherein the wheel includes a continuous ply of reinforcing fiber fabric extending through a first spoke, through at least a portion of the mount, and through another spoke of the wheel to provide improved strength, durability and integrity to the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: ESE Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Hermida, Tyler Haase, Michael Hayes, Thomas Leonard, Gert Oosthuizen
  • Patent number: 11446871
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an object from a light polymerizable resin includes (a) an carrier platform on which an object can be produced; (b) a resin cassette configured for carrying a light-polymerizable resin, said cassette including a light-transmissive window having a liquid inhibitor supply bed therein, said supply bed having an inlet and an outlet; (c) a light source positioned beneath said resin cassette and configured for projecting an enlarged image through said window; (d) a drive operatively associated with said resin cassette and said carrier platform; (e) a gas exchanger comprising a liquid side, a gas side, and an oxygen permeable barrier therebetween; said liquid side having an inlet and an outlet, with said supply bed inlet connected to said liquid side outlet, and said supply bed outlet connected to said liquid side inlet; (f) an oxygen carrying liquid in said liquid inhibitor supply bed and said gas exchanger liquid side; and (g) a pump operatively associated with said supply bed and sa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob E. Feller, R. Griffin Price
  • Patent number: 11440223
    Abstract: An apparatus useful for rapidly producing at least one object having a contoured surface portion from a light-polymerizable resin is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Panzer, John R. Tumbleston
  • Patent number: 11440259
    Abstract: A rotor for separating residual resin from additively manufactured objects in a centrifugal separator, the rotor including a rotor base and a plurality of engagement members configured to secure additively manufactured, light polymerized, objects to the rotor base, each object carrying unpolymerized resin on a surface thereof. The improvement includes a plurality of catch pans removably connected to the base, each catch pan configured to receive unpolymerized resin therein upon centrifugal separation of the resin from the additively manufactured, light polymerized, objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Griffin Price, Edwin James Sabathia, Jr., Bob E. Feller
  • Patent number: 11440244
    Abstract: A method of forming a dual cure three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing may be carried out by mixing a first precursor liquid and a second precursor liquid to produce a polymerizable liquid comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component (e.g., a second reactive component) that is different from the first component (e.g., that does not contain a cationic photoinitiator, or is further solidified by a different physical mechanism, or further reacted, polymerized or chain extended by a different chemical reaction). In the foregoing: (i?) at least one reactant of the second solidifiable component is contained in the first precursor liquid, and (ii?) at least one reactant or catalyst of the second solidifiable component is contained in the second precursor liquid. Once mixed, the three-dimensional object may be formed from the resin by a dual cure additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Julia D. Cushen
  • Patent number: 11440266
    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid including a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from the first component; (c) irradiating the build region with light through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer scaffold from the first component and also advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, the three-dimensional object, and containing the second solidifiable component carried in the scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form; and (d) concurrently with or subsequent to the irradiating step, solidifying and/or curing the second solidifiable compone
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Kai Chen, Justin Poelma, James Goodrich, Robert Pinschmidt, Joseph M. DeSimone, Lloyd M. Robeson
  • Patent number: 11433613
    Abstract: An integrated additive manufacturing system includes: (a) at least one resin supply (41); (b) a plurality of additive manufacturing machines (43) on which parts may be produced, each of the additive manufacturing machines (43) operatively associated with the at least one resin supply (41); and (c) at least one peripheral machine (200, 48, 220) operatively associated with each of the additive manufacturing machines and the at least one resin supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. DeSimone, Roy Goldman, Steven Kenneth Pollack
  • Patent number: 11426938
    Abstract: A dental model, includes (a) an upper segment, the upper segment having a shape corresponding to at least a portion of a dental arch of a human patient; (b) a base segment having an external surface and a bottom surface; (c) at least one internal cavity formed in the base segment, and optionally the upper segment, the at least one internal cavity extending through the bottom surface; and (d) at least one wash channel extending from the external surface of the base segment through the base segment and into the at least one internal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Alastair Graham, Kyle Laaker, Florian Markus Barth
  • Patent number: 11407183
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a three-dimensional object. The three-dimensional object includes a light polymerized body, at least one internal chamber residing within the light polymerized body, the at least one internal chamber having at least one frangible wall, and a curable component contained within the at least one internal chamber. The three-dimensional object may further include at least one channel extending inwardly from an outer surface of the light polymerized body toward the internal chamber and at least a portion of the at least one channel being adjacent to the at least one frangible wall of the at least one internal chamber. Methods of bonding an insertable object to a three-dimensional object and kits are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventor: R. Griffin Price
  • Patent number: 11407890
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods of forming a three-dimensional object, and polymerizable liquids such as dual cure resins useful for making a three-dimensional object by stereolithography, such as by continuous liquid interface production (CLIP), wherein the three-dimensional object is flame retardant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Ikpreet Singh Grover, Matthew S. Menyo
  • Patent number: 11400698
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems and apparatus (including associated control methods, systems and apparatus), for the production of a three-dimensional object by “bottom up” additive manufacturing, in which a carrier is vertically reciprocated with respect to a build surface, to enhance or speed the refilling of the build region with a solidifiable liquid. In preferred (but not necessarily limiting) embodiments, the three-dimensional object is produced from a liquid interface by continuous liquid interface production (i.e., “CLIP”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Ermoshkin, David Shirvanyants, Nordstrom Kirk Phelps, Nikita Ermoshkin, Edward T. Samulski, Joseph M. DeSimone
  • Patent number: 11400644
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing includes a drive assembly operatively associated with a carrier and a window mount and configured to advance the carrier and the window mount away from one another. A first fluid switch is connected to a first fluid orifice when a window is present, or connected to the window mount and configured for connection to the window when the window is absent. A second fluid switch is connected to a second fluid orifice when the window is present, or connected to the window mount and configured for connection to the window when the window is absent. A fluid supply is connected to both the first and second fluid switch, and the fluid includes a polymerization inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob E. Feller, R. Griffin Price
  • Patent number: 11390705
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of making a reactive particulate material by free radically polymerizing a single-cure resin to produce a polymer, the resin comprising: a reactive blocked polyurethane prepolymer, a reactive blocked polyurea prepolymer, a reactive blocked polyurethane-polyurea copolymer, or a combination thereof, wherein said polymerizing is carried out by dispersive polymerization (e.g., an emulsion, suspension or dispersion polymerization process), to form said reactive particulate material. Methods of use of the reactive particulate material and material sets including the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Poelma, Mu San Zhang, Xinyu Gu, Jason P. Rolland, Joseph M. DeSimone
  • Patent number: RE49180
    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: providing a carrier and a pool of immiscible liquid, the pool having a liquid build surface, the carrier and the liquid build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, wherein the immiscible liquid is immiscible with the polymerizable liquid (in some embodiments wherein the immiscible liquid has a density greater than the polymerizable liquid); irradiating the build region through at least a portion of the pool of immiscible liquid to form a solid polymer from the polymerizable liquid and advancing the carrier away from the liquid build surface to form the three-dimensional object comprised of the solid polymer from the polymerizable liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd M. Robeson, Edward T. Samulski, Alexander Ermoshkin, Joseph M. DeSimone