Patents Assigned to Velo3D, Inc.
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Patent number: 10888925Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, systems and/or software to form one or more three-dimensional objects, some of which may be complex. The three-dimensional objects may be formed by three-dimensional printing using one or more methodologies. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional object may comprise an overhang portion, such as a cavity ceiling, with diminished deformation and/or auxiliary support structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Kimon Symeonidis, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Nina Cathryn Bordeaux, Gregory Ferguson Brown, Tasso Lappas
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Patent number: 10688722Abstract: The present disclosure various apparatuses, and systems for 3D printing. The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, software and systems for a step and repeat energy irradiation process; controlling material characteristics and/or deformation of the 3D object; reducing deformation in a printed 3D object; and planarizing a material bed.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Erel Milshtein, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Kimon Symeonidis, Alan Rick Lappen
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Patent number: 10661341Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for controlling and/or treating gas borne debris in an atmosphere of a 3D printer.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Richard Joseph Romano, Joe Tralongo, Benyamin Buller, Alexander Brudny
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Patent number: 10611092Abstract: The present disclosure provides various apparatuses, systems, software, and methods for three-dimensional (3D) printing. The disclosure delineates various optical components of the 3D printing system, their usage, and their optional calibration. The disclosure delineates calibration of one or more components of the 3D printer (e.g., the energy beam).Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Alexander Varlakhanov, Lawrence Arnold Gunn, Alexander Brudny
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Patent number: 10507527Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for controlling and/or treating gas borne debris in an atmosphere of a 3D printer.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Velo3D, Inc.Inventors: Richard Joseph Romano, Joe Tralongo, Benyamin Buller, Alexander Brudny
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Patent number: 10507549Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) objects, 3D printing processes, as well as methods, apparatuses and systems for the production of a 3D object. Methods, apparatuses and systems of the present disclosure may reduce or eliminate the need for auxiliary supports. The present disclosure provides three dimensional (3D) objects printed utilizing the printing processes, methods, apparatuses and systems described herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Thai Cheng Chua
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Patent number: 10493564Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) objects, 3D printing processes, as well as methods, apparatuses and systems for the production of a 3D object. Methods, apparatuses and systems of the present disclosure may reduce or eliminate the need for auxiliary supports. The present disclosure provides three dimensional (3D) objects printed utilizing the printing processes, methods, apparatuses and systems described herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Velo3D, Inc.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Thai Cheng Chua
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Patent number: 10449696Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing systems, apparatuses, software, and methods for the production of at least one requested 3D object. The 3D printer includes a material conveyance system, filtering system, and unpacking station. The material conveyance system may transport pre-transformed material against gravity. The 3D printing described herein comprises facilitating non-interrupted material dispensing through a component of the 3D printer, such as a layer dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Yacov Elgar, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, James Frechman, Alan Rick Lappen
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Patent number: 10442003Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, systems and/or software to form one or more three-dimensional objects, some of which may be complex. The three-dimensional objects may be formed by three-dimensional printing using one or more methodologies. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional object may comprise an overhang portion, such as a cavity ceiling, with diminished deformation and/or auxiliary support structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Velo3D, Inc.Inventors: Kimon Symeonidis, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Tasso Lappas, Nina Cathryn Bordeaux, Gregory Ferguson Brown, Peter Robert Stone, Benyamin Buller, Brian Charles Spink, Zachary Ryan Murphree
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Patent number: 10434573Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, and systems using, inter alia, a controller that regulates formation of at least one 3D object (e.g., in real time during the 3D printing); and a non-transitory computer-readable medium facilitating the same. For example, a controller that regulates a deformation of at least a portion of the 3D object. The control may be in situ control. The control may be real-time control during the 3D printing process. For example, the control may be during a physical-attribute pulse. The present disclosure provides various methods, apparatuses, systems and software for estimating the fundamental length scale of a melt pool, and for various tools that increase the accuracy of the 3D printing.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Velo3D, Inc.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Erel Milshtein, Sergey Korepanov, Alan Rick Lappan
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Patent number: 10357829Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, systems and/or software to form one or more three-dimensional objects, some of which may be complex. The three-dimensional objects may be formed by three-dimensional printing using one or more methodologies. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional object may comprise an overhang portion, such as a cavity ceiling, with diminished deformation and/or auxiliary support structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Velo3D, Inc.Inventors: Brian Charles Spink, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Tasso Lappas, Kimon Symeonidis, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg
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Patent number: 10357957Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium. The disclosure delineates real time manipulation of three-dimensional printing to reduce deformation. The present disclosure further provides 3D object formed using the methods, apparatuses, and systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Velo3D, Inc.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Evgeni Levin, Sergey Korepanov, Rueben Mendelsberg
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Patent number: 10315252Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, systems and/or software to form one or more three-dimensional objects, some of which may be complex. The three-dimensional objects may be formed by three-dimensional printing using one or more methodologies. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional object may comprise an overhang portion, such as a cavity ceiling, with diminished deformation and/or auxiliary support structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Velo3D, Inc.Inventors: Kimon Symeonidis, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Tasso Lappas, Nina Cathryn Bordeaux, Gregory Ferguson Brown, Benyamin Buller, Peter Robert Stone
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Patent number: 10286452Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for the production of at least one desired 3D object. The 3D printer system (e.g., comprising a processing chamber, build module, or an unpacking station) described herein may retain a desired (e.g., inert) atmosphere around the material bed and/or 3D object at multiple 3D printing stages. The 3D printer described herein comprises one or more build modules that may have a controller separate from the controller of the processing chamber. The 3D printer described herein comprises a platform that may be automatically constructed. The invention(s) described herein may allow the 3D printing process to occur for a long time without operator intervention and/or down time.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen, Robert Michael Martinson
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Patent number: 10286603Abstract: The present disclosure various apparatuses, and systems for 3D printing. The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, software and systems for a step and repeat energy irradiation process; controlling material characteristics and/or deformation of the 3D object; reducing deformation in a printed 3D object; and planarizing a material bed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Erel Milshtein, Rueben Mendelsberg, Kimon Symeonidis, Alan Rick Lappen
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Patent number: 10272525Abstract: The present disclosure describes three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatuses and systems for producing 3D objects. Described herein are printing apparatuses and systems that are configured to facilitate control of debris within an enclosure where one or more printing operations are performed. Printing apparatuses and systems of the present disclosure may each have one or more components, such as, for example, component(s) that are configured to facilitate gas flow trajectories (e.g., turbulent movement) within an enclosure in which a 3D object is printed.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree
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Patent number: 10259044Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for the production of at least one desired 3D object. The 3D printer system (e.g., comprising a processing chamber, build module, or an unpacking station) described herein may retain a desired (e.g., inert) atmosphere around the material bed and/or 3D object at multiple 3D printing stages. The 3D printer described herein comprises one or more build modules that may have a controller separate from the controller of the processing chamber. The 3D printer described herein comprises a platform that may be automatically constructed. The invention(s) described herein may allow the 3D printing process to occur for a long time without operator intervention and/or down time.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen
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Patent number: 10252336Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for the production of at least one desired 3D object. The 3D printer system (e.g., comprising a processing chamber, build module, or an unpacking station) described herein may retain a desired (e.g., inert) atmosphere around the material bed and/or 3D object at multiple 3D printing stages. The 3D printer described herein comprises one or more build modules that may have a controller separate from the controller of the processing chamber. The 3D printer described herein comprises a platform that may be automatically constructed. The invention(s) described herein may allow the 3D printing process to occur for a long time without operator intervention and/or down time.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen
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Patent number: 10207454Abstract: The present disclosure various apparatuses, and systems for 3D printing. The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, software and systems for a step and repeat energy irradiation process; controlling material characteristics and/or deformation of the 3D object; reducing deformation in a printed 3D object; and planarizing a material bed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Daniel Christiansen, Alan Rick Lappen
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Patent number: 10144176Abstract: The present disclosure describes three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatuses, processes, software, and systems for producing high quality 3D objects. Described herein are printing apparatuses that facilitate control of energy beam characteristics using an optical mask during one or more printing operations.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: VELO3D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree