Patents by Inventor Robert Platt Boyd, IV

Robert Platt Boyd, IV 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).

  • Patent number: 11975484
    Abstract: Freeform, additive manufacturing equipment, processes and products, including residential, commercial and other buildings. A movable extruder places extrudate that solidifies in open space to create “scaffolding” or “skeletons” of buildings and other products. Elongated extrudate elements are fused to each other or connected by other means to form a cellular structure. Filler material such as polymeric insulating foam may simultaneously or thereafter be placed within the cellular structure to contribute desired strength, rigidity, insulative, barrier or other properties. Finish materials may also be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Branch Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Platt Boyd, IV, Christopher Weller, Anthony DiSanto, Melody Rees, Bruce Hilbert
  • Publication number: 20230243168
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and panels for retrofitting an existing exterior of a building. In one example, the method may include: (a) obtaining data about an exterior geometry of the existing exterior; (b) using the obtained data, defining a custom retrofit panel system for the exterior geometry; and (c) constructing the custom retrofit panel system including a plurality of panels, in which constructing a panel includes: (i) forming a panel frame by additive manufacturing, the panel frame defining interstitial spaces; (ii) at least partially filling the interstitial spaces with at least one filler; and (iii) in which the constructed panel includes a building facing surface configured to mate with the exterior geometry of the existing exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Branch Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Platt Boyd, IV, David Goodloe, Mitch Lewandowski, Matt Culver
  • Publication number: 20210001549
    Abstract: Freeform, additive manufacturing equipment, processes and products, including residential, commercial and other buildings. A movable extruder places extrudate that solidifies in open space to create “scaffolding” or “skeletons” of buildings and other products. Elongated extrudate elements are fused to each other or connected by other means to form a cellular structure. Filler material such as polymeric insulating foam may simultaneously or thereafter be placed within the cellular structure to contribute desired strength, rigidity, insulative, barrier or other properties. Finish materials may also be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Platt Boyd, IV, Christopher Weller, Anthony DiSanto, Melody Rees, Bruce Hilbert
  • Patent number: 10618217
    Abstract: Freeform, additive manufacturing equipment, processes and products, including residential, commercial and other buildings. A movable extruder places extrudate that solidifies in open space to create “scaffolding” or “skeletons” of buildings and other products. Elongated extrudate elements are fused to each other or connected by other means to form a cellular structure. Filler material such as polymeric insulating foam may simultaneously or thereafter be placed within the cellular structure to contribute desired strength, rigidity, insulative, barrier or other properties. Finish materials may also be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BRANCH TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Platt Boyd, IV, Christopher Weller, Anthony DiSanto, Melody Rees, Bruce Hilbert
  • Publication number: 20170217088
    Abstract: Freeform, additive manufacturing equipment, processes and products, including residential, commercial and other buildings. A movable extruder places extrudate that solidifies in open space to create “scaffolding” or “skeletons” of buildings and other products. Elongated extrudate elements are fused to each other or connected by other means to form a cellular structure. Filler material such as polymeric insulating foam may simultaneously or thereafter be placed within the cellular structure to contribute desired strength, rigidity, insulative, barrier or other properties. Finish materials may also be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Platt Boyd, IV, Christopher Weller, Anthony DiSanto, Melody Rees, Bruce Hilbert