Patents by Inventor Alan Rick Lappen
Alan Rick Lappen 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).
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Publication number: 20240139820Abstract: 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/or an unpacking station. The material conveyance system may transport pre-transformed material (e.g., powder) against gravity. The 3D printing described herein facilitated reducing interruptions of (e.g., providing non interrupted) (ii) material recycling, and/or (i) material dispensing through a component of the 3D printer such as a layer dispenser. The material conveyance system may operate above ambient pressure, e.g., while performing a suction operation. The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for controlling and/or treating gas and gas borne debris in an atmosphere of a 3D printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Joseph Andrew TRALONGO, Benyamin BULLER, Michael Christopher ST DENNIS, Stephan ANDREWS, Thomas BREZOCZKY, Yacov ELGAR, Richard ROMANO, Darin BIRTWHISTLE, James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
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Publication number: 20240092015Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen, Robert Michael Martinson
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Publication number: 20240066801Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
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Publication number: 20230364861Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen, Erel Milshtein, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Daniel Christiansen
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Patent number: 11691343Abstract: 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: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen
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Publication number: 20230191490Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing systems, apparatuses, software, and devices for the production of at least one requested 3D object in a printing cycle, e.g., a control system. The 3D printing includes, or is operatively coupled to, a metrological detection system configured to facilitate assessment of at least one characteristic of the 3D printing, e.g., relating to height. The 3D printing includes synchronization of various operations, and resulting objects printed in the 3D printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Alexander Vladimirovich VARLAKHANOV, Sergey KOREPANOV, Tasso LAPPAS, Erel MILSHTEIN, Rueben MENDELSBERG, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Alan Rick LAPPEN
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Publication number: 20230122002Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Tasso Lappas, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Kimon Symeonidis, Alan Rick Lappen
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Publication number: 20220379381Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Erel Milshtein, Sergey Korepanov, Alan Rick Lappen
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Publication number: 20220339822Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Yacov ELGAR, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
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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: 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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Publication number: 20190291184Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
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Publication number: 20190143412Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Tasso Lappas, Alan Rick Lappen
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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: 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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Publication number: 20190118263Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Tasso LAPPAS, Erel MILSHTEIN, Rueben Joseph MENDELSBERG, Kimon SYMEONIDIS, Alan Rick LAPPEN
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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: 10252335Abstract: 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: April 9, 2019Assignee: VEL03D, INC.Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Sergey Korepanov, 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