Patents by Inventor Alejandro Hinojos

Alejandro Hinojos 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).

  • Method and system for producing functionally graded structures in powder bed fusion processing
    Patent number: 10610931
    Abstract: Methods and systems comprise new design procedures that can be implemented for additive manufacturing technologies that involve evaluation of stress concentration sites using finite element analysis and implementation of scanning strategies during fabrication that improve performance by spatially adjusting thermal energy at potential failure sites or high stress regions of a part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Philip A. Morton, Ryan Wicker, Jorge Mireles, Alejandro Hinojos
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONALLY GRADED STRUCTURES IN POWDER BED FUSION PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20170232517
    Abstract: Methods and systems comprise new design procedures that can be implemented for additive manufacturing technologies that involve evaluation of stress concentration sites using finite element analysis and implementation of scanning strategies during fabrication that improve performance by spatially adjusting thermal energy at potential failure sites or high stress regions of a part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Philip A. Morton, Ryan Wicker, Jorge Mireles, Alejandro Hinojos