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).

  • Publication number: 20240139820
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Andrew TRALONGO, Benyamin BULLER, Michael Christopher ST DENNIS, Stephan ANDREWS, Thomas BREZOCZKY, Yacov ELGAR, Richard ROMANO, Darin BIRTWHISTLE, James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20240092015
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen, Robert Michael Martinson
  • Publication number: 20240066801
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20230364861
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen, Erel Milshtein, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Daniel Christiansen
  • Patent number: 11691343
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Publication number: 20230191490
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Alexander Vladimirovich VARLAKHANOV, Sergey KOREPANOV, Tasso LAPPAS, Erel MILSHTEIN, Rueben MENDELSBERG, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20230122002
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Tasso Lappas, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Kimon Symeonidis, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Publication number: 20220379381
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Erel Milshtein, Sergey Korepanov, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Publication number: 20220339822
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yacov ELGAR, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Patent number: 10688722
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Erel Milshtein, Rueben Joseph Mendelsberg, Kimon Symeonidis, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 10449696
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Yacov Elgar, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, James Frechman, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Publication number: 20190291184
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20190143412
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Tasso Lappas, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 10286603
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Erel Milshtein, Rueben Mendelsberg, Kimon Symeonidis, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 10286452
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen, Robert Michael Martinson
  • Publication number: 20190118263
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Tasso LAPPAS, Erel MILSHTEIN, Rueben Joseph MENDELSBERG, Kimon SYMEONIDIS, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Patent number: 10259044
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 10252336
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Richard Joseph Romano, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 10252335
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: VEL03D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Sergey Korepanov, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 10207454
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Daniel Christiansen, Alan Rick Lappen