Patents by Inventor Christoph SCHMIDBAUER

Christoph SCHMIDBAUER 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: 11148203
    Abstract: Plant for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object, comprising at least one process station being configured to perform an additive manufacturing process and/or at least one preprocessing process for an additive manufacturing process and/or at least one postprocessing process for an additive manufacturing process; at least one conveying device configured to convey an item between at least two positions (P1, P2) of the plant, the conveying device comprising at least one conveying element, the at least one conveying element being at least partially bound to ground, and at least one conveying carriage being connectable or connected with the conveying element so as to be moveable between at least two positions (P1, P2) of the plant, the at least one conveying carriage comprising at least one supporting interface for supporting at least one item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Concept Laser GmbH
    Inventors: Viktor Kremer, Christoph Schmidbauer, Ralf Hetzel, Pascal Krause, Benjamin Krausser
  • Patent number: 11141917
    Abstract: Powder module (5), in particular for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2), which powder module (5) comprises a powder chamber (10) with at least one wall portion (11) defining a powder room, in which powder room a carrying element (9) is provided that is moveably supported relative to the powder chamber (10), at least one support unit (13) is adapted to provide a non-locating bearing of the carrying element (9) relative to the at least one wall portion (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Concept Laser GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Hetzel, Christoph Schmidbauer
  • Publication number: 20200147685
    Abstract: Plant (1) for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object (2), comprising at least one process station (3a-3c) being configured to perform an additive manufacturing process and/or at least one preprocessing process for an additive manufacturing process and/or at least one postprocessing process for an additive manufacturing process; at least one conveying device (19) configured to convey an item (20) between at least two positions (P1, P2) of the plant (1), the conveying device (19) comprising at least one conveying element (22), the at least one conveying element (22) being at least partially bound to ground (23), and at least one conveying carriage (24) being connectable or connected with the conveying element (22) so as to be moveable between at least two positions (P1, P2) of the plant (1), the at least one conveying carriage (24) comprising at least one supporting interface (25) for supporting at least one item (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Viktor KREMER, Christoph SCHMIDBAUER, Ralf HETZEL, Pascal KRAUSE, Benjamin KRAUSSER
  • Publication number: 20200147686
    Abstract: Plant (1) for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object, comprising a at least one item transfer device (6) being configured to transfer an item (9) from a first item position and/or a first item orientation to a second item position and/or a second item orientation, wherein the at least one item transfer device (6) comprises at least one item transfer element (7) comprising a plurality of item transfer element members (8) being interconnected with each other via hinged connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Viktor KREMER, Christoph SCHMIDBAUER, Ralf HETZEL, Dagmar WOHLFARTH, Benjamin KRAUSSER
  • Publication number: 20200114424
    Abstract: Application unit (1) for applying, in particular powdery, build material in a build plane (2) in a process chamber (3) of an apparatus (4) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects, which application unit (1) comprises an application element (5) carried by an application element carrier (6), characterized in that the application element (5) is coupled to the application element carrier (6) via at least one deflection unit (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph SCHMIDBAUER, Dagmar WOHLFARTH, Christian DILLER, Denise HIEMANN, André PETRATSCHEK
  • Publication number: 20190184642
    Abstract: Apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy source, which apparatus (1) comprises a process chamber (3) with at least one build plane (4) in which build material is directly irradiatable, characterized by at least one safety device (14) adapted to determine at least one chemical and/or at least one physical parameter, wherein the safety device (14) is adapted to control an access state of the process chamber (3) dependent on the determined chemical and/or physical parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph SCHMIDBAUER, Ralf HETZEL
  • Publication number: 20190160752
    Abstract: Powder module (5), in particular for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2), which powder module (5) comprises a powder chamber (10) with at least one wall portion (11) defining a powder room, in which powder room a carrying element (9) is provided that is moveably supported relative to the powder chamber (10), at least one support unit (13) is adapted to provide a non-locating bearing of the carrying element (9) relative to the at least one wall portion (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf HETZEL, Christoph SCHMIDBAUER