Patents by Inventor Cameron Benedict

Cameron Benedict has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sonotrode apparatus for use in ultrasonic additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 9346120
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding apparatus that includes a full-wave sonotrode that further includes a first horn, a first nodal region, a welding surface, a second nodal region, and a second horn; first and second bearing assemblies that support the sonotrode at the first and second nodal regions respectively, wherein each bearing assembly further includes a first bearing housing portion; a first low friction bearing disposed within the first bearing housing portion; a second bearing housing portion connected to the first bearing housing portion; and a second low friction bearing disposed within the second bearing housing portion; a first centering apparatus that exerts laterally-acting force on the horn of the full-wave sonotrode; and a second centering apparatus that exerts laterally-acting force on the second horn of the full-wave sonotrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Karl F. Graff, Cameron Benedict, Justin Wenning