Patents by Inventor Ananda Rose Day

Ananda Rose Day 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).

  • Spin cleaning method and apparatus for additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 11919236
    Abstract: A method of separating excess resin from at least one object includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object, each object having at least one retention feature (32) formed thereon, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each object on at least one transfer frame (21), each transfer frame having at least one retention member (22) that mates with the retention feature; (c) connecting each transfer frame to a rotor with the at least one object carried thereon; (d) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each transfer frame connected thereto while the at least one object remains connected to each transfer frame by the retention feature; then (e) removing each transfer frame from the rotor, with excess resin separated from each at least one object thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Ananda Rose Day, Kenton J. Kwok, William James Tucker
  • SPIN CLEANING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20210323234
    Abstract: A method of separating excess resin from at least one object includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object, each object having at least one retention feature (32) formed thereon, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each object on at least one transfer frame (21), each transfer frame having at least one retention member (22) that mates with the retention feature; (c) connecting each transfer frame to a rotor with the at least one object carried thereon; (d) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each transfer frame connected thereto while the at least one object remains connected to each transfer frame by the retention feature; then (e) removing each transfer frame from the rotor, with excess resin separated from each at least one object thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Ananda Rose Day, Kenton J. Kwok, William James Tucker