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).

  • Patent number: 10183330
    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: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: VEL03D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Daniel Christiansen, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Publication number: 20180326488
    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: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tasso LAPPAS, Benyamin BULLER, Kimon SYMEONIDIS, Rueben Joseph MENDELSBERG, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180318928
    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: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel CHRISTIANSEN, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Benyamin BULLER, Erel MILSHTEIN, Rueben Joseph MENDELSBERG, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180281283
    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 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180281284
    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 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yacov ELGAR, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180281236
    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 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yacov ELGAR, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180281282
    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 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yacov ELGAR, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180281237
    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 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Patent number: 10071422
    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: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Erel Milshtein, Thomas Blasius Brezoczky, Zachary Ryan Murphree, Daniel Christiansen, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 10058920
    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: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Rueben Mendelsberg, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Publication number: 20180161875
    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: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Tasso LAPPAS, Rueben MENDELSBERG, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180133801
    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: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Tasso LAPPAS, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Patent number: 9962767
    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 8, 2018
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Rueben Mendelsberg, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 9931697
    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 3, 2018
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Evgeni Levin, Tasso Lappas, Benyamin Buller, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Patent number: 9919360
    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: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: VELO3D, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Tasso Lappas, Alan Rick Lappen
  • Publication number: 20180056391
    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: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180001556
    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: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20180001557
    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: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN, Robert Michael MARTINSON
  • Publication number: 20180001553
    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: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20170239721
    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: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Benyamin BULLER, Tasso LAPPAS, Alan Rick LAPPEN