Patents by Inventor Shawn Karl Reynolds

Shawn Karl Reynolds 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).

  • Blade changers for additive manufacturing systems and methods of interchanging re-coater blades in additive manufacturing systems
    Patent number: 11312072
    Abstract: A blade changer includes a housing with a port, a magazine supported within the housing, and a manipulator. The manipulator is operably associated with the magazine and has a reach extending beyond the port to interchange re-coater blades between the magazine and an additive manufacturing system coupled to the port. Additive manufacturing systems and methods of interchanging a deployed re-coater blade with a staged re-coater blade are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jasen Deforge, Shawn Karl Reynolds
  • BLADE CHANGERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INTERCHANGING RE-COATER BLADES IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210031447
    Abstract: A blade changer includes a housing with a port, a magazine supported within the housing, and a manipulator. The manipulator is operably associated with the magazine and has a reach extending beyond the port to interchange re-coater blades between the magazine and an additive manufacturing system coupled to the port. Additive manufacturing systems and methods of interchanging a deployed re-coater blade with a staged re-coater blade are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jasen Deforge, Shawn Karl Reynolds
  • Additive manufacturing systems and methods
    Patent number: 10518478
    Abstract: A method of depositing powder in an additive manufacturing system includes driving a recoater along a drive axis and oscillating the recoater along an oscillation axis. The recoater is oscillated while the recoater is driven along the drive axis to overcome the effect of one or more particle movement restriction mechanisms for smoothing powder deposited in a build chamber of an additive manufacturing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Karl Reynolds, Sergey Mironets
  • HARD TURNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20190388977
    Abstract: A method can include vibrating a hard turning tool, and contacting the hard turning tool to a spinning work piece while vibrating the hard turning tool to remove material from the spinning work piece. The method can further include moving the tool in an axial direction and/or radial direction relative to the work piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Andy Mugrage, Shawn Karl Reynolds
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH MOVEABLE SENSORS
    Publication number: 20190329354
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes an energy gun for melting at least a portion of a raw material layer and thereby forming at least in part a slice of a workpiece and a sensor for detecting surface and sub-surface anomalies or physical properties of the portion. The system also includes a positioning mechanism that moves the sensor in at least one of a normal direction and a parallel direction relative to an upper surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jasen DEFORGE, Shawn Karl REYNOLDS, Andy MUGRAGE
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170326806
    Abstract: A method of depositing powder in an additive manufacturing system includes driving a recoater along a drive axis and oscillating the recoater along an oscillation axis. The recoater is oscillated while the recoater is driven along the drive axis to overcome the effect of one or more particle movement restriction mechanisms for smoothing powder deposited in a build chamber of an additive manufacturing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Shawn Karl Reynolds, Sergey Mironets
  • Method of Making a Heat Exchanger Using Additive Manufacturing and Heat Exchanger
    Publication number: 20160114439
    Abstract: A method of making a component of a heat exchanger includes the steps of providing a substrate, performing a first printing step to add one or more heat-transfer-enhancing structures onto a first side of the substrate, and performing a second printing to add one or more heat-transfer-enhancing structures onto a second side of the substrate. A heat exchanger is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Debabrata Pal, Shawn Karl Reynolds, John Horowy, Charles Shepard, Eric Karlen