Patents by Inventor Christopher Darby Immer
Christopher Darby Immer 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).
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Patent number: 12280538Abstract: Methods of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object include irradiating a first build plane region using a first energy beam, irradiating a second build plane region using a second energy beam, and irradiating an interlace region between the first build plane region and the second build plane region. Irradiating the interlace region comprises directing the first energy beam along a first oscillating path and directing the second energy beam along a second oscillating path intersecting and overlapping with the first oscillating path.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christopher Darby Immer, Robert John Filkins, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Michael Robert Tucker
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Publication number: 20240017482Abstract: Methods of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object include irradiating a first build plane region using a first energy beam, irradiating a second build plane region using a second energy beam, and irradiating an interlace region between the first build plane region and the second build plane region. Irradiating the interlace region comprises directing the first energy beam along a first oscillating path and directing the second energy beam along a second oscillating path intersecting and overlapping with the first oscillating path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Christopher Darby Immer, Robert John Filkins, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Michael Robert Tucker
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Publication number: 20240017327Abstract: Additive manufacturing methods and systems are disclosed including irradiation devices for an additive manufacturing machine for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects. The irradiation device includes a beam generation device configured to provide an energy beam travelling on a nominal beam path trajectory and an optical modulator comprising a reflective optic downstream from the beam generating device, wherein the optical modulator is configured to actuate the reflective optic to modify a position of the energy beam from the nominal beam path trajectory. The irradiation device further includes an optical scanner disposed downstream from the optical modulator, wherein the optical scanner is configured to translate the nominal beam path trajectory along a build plane of the additive manufacturing machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Christopher Darby Immer, Robert John Filkins, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Younkoo Jeong, Thomas Charles Adcock, Christopher J. Klapper
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Publication number: 20240017481Abstract: Methods of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object include irradiating a first build plane region using a first energy beam defining a beam diameter, the first energy beam travelling along a first oscillating path in a first direction to consolidate a first wall defining a thickness perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a build material adjacent a first side of the first wall and the build material adjacent a second side of the first wall, opposite the first side of the first wall, remains unconsolidated; and wherein the thickness of the first wall is greater than the beam diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Christopher Darby Immer, Thomas Charles Adcock, Justin John Gambone, Daniel Jason Erno, Brian Scott McCarthy, John Joseph Madelone, JR.
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Publication number: 20210246875Abstract: A method for optimizing wake management in a wind farm includes receiving, via one or more position localization sensors, position data from at least one nacelle of wind turbines in the wind farm. The method also includes determining angle of the nacelle(s) of the wind turbines with respect to true north based on the position data. Moreover, the method includes determining a wind direction at the nacelle(s) of the wind turbines. As such, the method includes generating a wake estimation model of the wind farm in real-time using the wind direction and the angle of the nacelle(s). In addition, the method includes running the wake estimation model to determine one or more optimal operating parameters for the wind turbines that maximize energy production of the wind turbine. Thus, the method includes operating the wind farm using the optimal operating parameter(s) so as to optimize wake management of the wind farm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Xu Fu, Bernard P. Landa, Christopher Darby Immer, Samuel Bryan Shartzer
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Patent number: 9305703Abstract: A wire disposing assembly having a support, an axial traverser sub-assembly, a support arm, and a linear stage is provided. The support is configured to receive a plurality of turns of a wire, where the support is configured to rotate. The axial traverser sub-assembly is operatively coupled to the support. Further, a rate of motion of the axial traverser sub-assembly is coupled to a speed of rotation of the support. The support arm includes a resin unit configured to dispose resin on at least a portion of the wire, and a wire disposing device configured to guide a portion of the wire being disposed on a surface of the support. The linear stage is operatively coupled to the support arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Paul St. MarkShadforth Thompson, Martin Kin-Fei Lee, Christopher Darby Immer, Russell Stephen DeMuth, Jonathan Sebastian Janssen, Danny William Johnson, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Owen Scott Quirion
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Patent number: 9201128Abstract: A system for producing precision magnetic coil windings is provided. The system includes a wire disposing assembly having a support, an axial traverser sub-assembly, and a support arm. The support is configured to receive a plurality of turns of a wire. The axial traverser sub-assembly is operatively coupled to the support. The support arm includes a wire disposing device. The system further includes a linear stage, a monitoring unit, a feedback unit, and a controller unit. The linear stage is operatively coupled to the support arm. Moreover, the controller unit is configured to axially position an incoming portion of the wire and provide reference trajectories for tracking.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson, Martin Kin-Fei Lee, Christopher Darby Immer, Russell Stephen DeMuth, Jonathan Sebastian Janssen, Danny William Johnson, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Owen Scott Quirion
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Publication number: 20150076271Abstract: A wire disposing assembly having a support, an axial traverser sub-assembly, a support arm, and a linear stage is provided. The support is configured to receive a plurality of turns of a wire, where the support is configured to rotate. The axial traverser sub-assembly is operatively coupled to the support. Further, a rate of motion of the axial traverser sub-assembly is coupled to a speed of rotation of the support. The support arm includes a resin unit configured to dispose resin on at least a portion of the wire, and a wire disposing device configured to guide a portion of the wire being disposed on a surface of the support. The linear stage is operatively coupled to the support arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Paul St. MarkShadforth Thompson, Martin Kin-Fei Lee, Christopher Darby Immer, Russell Stephen DeMuth, Jonathan Sebastian Janssen, Danny William Johnson, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Owen Scott Quirion
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Publication number: 20150075670Abstract: A system for producing precision magnetic coil windings is provided. The system includes a wire disposing assembly having a support, an axial traverser sub-assembly, and a support arm. The support is configured to receive a plurality of turns of a wire. The axial traverser sub-assembly is operatively coupled to the support. The support arm includes a wire disposing device. The system further includes a linear stage, a monitoring unit, a feedback unit, and a controller unit. The linear stage is operatively coupled to the support arm. Moreover, the controller unit is configured to axially position an incoming portion of the wire and provide reference trajectories for tracking.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson, Martin Kin-Fei Lee, Christopher Darby Immer, Russell Stephen DeMuth, Jonathan Sebastian Janssen, Danny William Johnson, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Owen Scott Quirion