Patents by Inventor Adrian Porch

Adrian Porch 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).

  • METAL POWDER BED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220305560
    Abstract: A powder bed fusion apparatus includes a build platform movable in a build sleeve, the build platform for supporting a bed of metal powder, a powder layer formation device for forming layers of metal powder to form the bed, a scanner for directing an energy beam to selected regions of each layer to consolidate the metal powder and a radio-wave generator arranged to surround the metal powder and generate radio waves to heat the metal powder that forms the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Adrian PORCH, Steven CRIPPS, Nyle PARKER
  • Microwave resonance cavity
    Patent number: 11294018
    Abstract: Microwave resonance cavities and associated methods and apparatus are described. In one example, a cavity (100) comprises a first and a second input port (102, 104) for inputting microwave radiation at a first and a second frequency respectively. The microwave radiation at the first frequency may be to excite a sample in the cavity whereas the microwave radiation at the second frequency may be to interrogate a sample in the cavity for analysis. The cavity has dimensions such that it resonates at both the first and the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: University College Cardiff Consultants Limited
    Inventors: Adrian Porch, Damien Murphy
  • MICROWAVE RESONANCE CAVITY
    Publication number: 20200241101
    Abstract: Microwave resonance cavities and associated methods and apparatus are described. In one example, a cavity (100) comprises a first and a second input port (102, 104) for inputting microwave radiation at a first and a second frequency respectively. The microwave radiation at the first frequency may be to excite a sample in the cavity whereas the microwave radiation at the second frequency may be to interrogate a sample in the cavity for analysis. The cavity has dimensions such that it resonates at both the first and the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: University College Cardiff Consultants Ltd
    Inventors: Adrian PORCH, Damien MURPHY
  • A PARTICLE SIZE SENSOR FOR METALLIC POWDERS
    Publication number: 20190285532
    Abstract: A particle size sensor for metallic powder includes a microwave cavity or waveguide, the microwave cavity or waveguide including a microwave source for generating microwaves within the microwave cavity or waveguide, a microwave receiver for detecting microwaves generated within the cavity or waveguide, a sample insertion point for receiving a sample of the metallic powder and an analyser arranged to determine a particle size for the metallic powder from receiver signals generated by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Adrian PORCH, Nicholas CLARK
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170304895
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus including a build chamber containing a support for supporting a material bed, a layering device for forming layers of the material bed, a laser or electron beam source for generating a laser or electron beam, a device for steering the laser or electron beam to solidify selected areas of each layer to form a part and a microwave or radio wave source controllable to generate a microwave or radio wave field to differentially heat the material bed based upon the selected areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Adrian PORCH, Geoffrey MCFARLAND
  • In-vivo monitoring with microwaves
    Patent number: 9408564
    Abstract: A blood glucose monitor for non-invasive, in-vivo characterization of a blood glucose level in a living body, the monitor comprising: a microwave resonator having a resonant response to input microwaves and designed such that said response will experience a perturbation by a living body in proximity or contact with the resonator; and detection means for detecting changes in said resonant response from which said level can be characterized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: University College Cardiff Consultants Limited
    Inventors: Adrian Porch, Jan Beutler
  • IN-VIVO MONITORING WITH MICROWAVES
    Publication number: 20130225960
    Abstract: A blood glucose monitor for non-invasive, in-vivo characterisation of a blood glucose level in a living body, the monitor comprising: a microwave resonator having a resonant response to input microwaves and designed such that said response will experience a perturbation by a living body in proximity or contact with the resonator; and detection means for detecting changes in said resonant response from which said level can be characterised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Adrian Porch, Jan Beutler