Patents by Inventor Akimitsu Hogge

Akimitsu Hogge 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).

  • Additive fabrication support structures
    Patent number: 10011079
    Abstract: Some aspects provide a method of generating a support structure for an object, the support structure and the object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising identifying one or more regions of the object as one or more regions to which mechanical support is to be provided, identifying one or more support points within at least a first region of the one or more regions, and generating the support structure for the object, the support structure comprising one or more support tips coupled to the object at the one or more support points, the support tips being generated based at least in part on a direction normal to the surface of the object at the respective support point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Wighton, Maxim Lobovsky, Matthew Keeter, Akimitsu Hogge
  • ADDITIVE FABRICATION SUPPORT STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20160129645
    Abstract: Some aspects provide a method of generating a support structure for an object, the support structure and the object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising identifying one or more regions of the object as one or more regions to which mechanical support is to be provided, identifying one or more support points within at least a first region of the one or more regions, and generating the support structure for the object, the support structure comprising one or more support tips coupled to the object at the one or more support points, the support tips being generated based at least in part on a direction normal to the surface of the object at the respective support point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Wighton, Maxim Lobovsky, Matthew Keeter, Akimitsu Hogge
  • Additive fabrication support structures
    Patent number: 9183325
    Abstract: Some aspects provide a method of generating a support structure for an object, the support structure and the object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising identifying one or more regions of the object as one or more regions to which mechanical support is to be provided, identifying one or more support points within at least a first region of the one or more regions, and generating the support structure for the object, the support structure comprising one or more support tips coupled to the object at the one or more support points, the support tips being generated based at least in part on a direction normal to the surface of the object at the respective support point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Wighton, Maxim Lobovsky, Matthew Keeter, Akimitsu Hogge
  • ADDITIVE FABRICATION SUPPORT STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20140300017
    Abstract: Some aspects provide a method of generating a support structure for an object, the support structure and the object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising identifying one or more regions of the object as one or more regions to which mechanical support is to be provided, identifying one or more support points within at least a first region of the one or more regions, and generating the support structure for the object, the support structure comprising one or more support tips coupled to the object at the one or more support points, the support tips being generated based at least in part on a direction normal to the surface of the object at the respective support point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Formlabs
    Inventors: Shane Wighton, Maxim Lobovsky, Matthew Keeter, Akimitsu Hogge