Patents by Inventor Albert E. Campbell

Albert E. Campbell 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: 4943928
    Abstract: An improved stereolithographic system which produces a three-dimensional object from a heat curable fluid medium which is capable of solidification when subjected to heat includes a computer-aided design controller, a container, an elevator platform and a first servo mechanism which incrementally drives the elevator platform in response to the output signals. The improved stereolithographic system also includes an elongated carrier which is movably coupled to the container, a second servo mechanism which incrementally drives the elongated carrier along the two side walls of the container in response to the output signals, a plurality of spot-sources of heat and a switching network. Each spot-source of heat may be individually switched on and is serially disposed on and fixedly coupled to the bottom surface of the elongated carrier on the bottom surface adjacent to the designated working surface. The switching network individually switches on each spot-source of heat in response to each set of output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Inventors: Albert E. Campbell, William F. Hug, Ray D. Reid