Patents by Inventor Gabriel Dickson

Gabriel Dickson 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).

  • Method for forming high quality powder for an additive manufacturing process
    Patent number: 11654483
    Abstract: A powder treatment assembly and method for treating a feedstock powder of feedstock particles includes directing the feedstock powder into a plasma chamber within a reactor, exposing the feedstock powder to a plasma field generated by a plasma source to form a treated powder having treated particles with an increased average sphericity relative to the feedstock particles, and supplying a hot gas sheath flow downstream of the plasma chamber, the hot gas sheath flow substantially surrounding the treated powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Frederic Larouche, Matthieu Balmayer, Gabriel Dickson
  • METHOD FOR FORMING HIGH QUALITY POWDER FOR AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20210308753
    Abstract: A powder treatment assembly and method for treating a feedstock powder of feedstock particles includes directing the feedstock powder into a plasma chamber within a reactor, exposing the feedstock powder to a plasma field generated by a plasma source to form a treated powder having treated particles with an increased average sphericity relative to the feedstock particles, and supplying a hot gas sheath flow downstream of the plasma chamber, the hot gas sheath flow substantially surrounding the treated powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Frederic Larouche, Matthieu Balmayer, Gabriel Dickson