Patents by Inventor Charles BALLAGE

Charles BALLAGE 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).

  • MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT HEATING DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210086286
    Abstract: A device for heating a bed of powder in an additive manufacturing apparatus comprising: a plasma generation device (20), said device being adapted to be positioned and displaced above the bed of powder, at a distance from the bed of powder allowing for the generation of the plasma thereon, an electrical power supply unit (22) for said plasma generation device, and a control unit (9) for controlling the power supply and the displacement of the plasma generation device The plasma generation device (20) comprises a magnetic plasma containment assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: GILLES WALRAND, TIBERIU MINEA, CHARLES BALLAGE, DANIEL LUNDIN, THOMAS PETTY
  • System for generating a plasma jet of metal ions
    Patent number: 10863612
    Abstract: A system for generating a plasma jet of metal ions is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS
    Inventors: Tiberiu Minea, Thomas Petty, Daniel Lundin, Charles Ballage
  • SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PLASMA JET OF METAL IONS
    Publication number: 20190373711
    Abstract: A system for generating a plasma jet of metal ions is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Tiberiu MINEA, Thomas PETTY, Daniel LUNDIN, Charles BALLAGE