Patents by Inventor David Mulcrone

David Mulcrone 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 of using a support structure as a fiducial for measuring position
    Patent number: 11485129
    Abstract: A probe for an additive manufacturing system includes a probe body having a first air port therethrough between an inlet and an outlet, and a location sensing probe extending from the probe body. The location sensing probe includes a probe end and a probe bar, the probe bar coupled between the probe body and the probe end, and a channel surrounding the probe bar, the channel having an inner tube having an inlet proximate the probe body and an outlet proximate the probe end. A method of determining a position of an item being printed in an additive manufacturing system, includes probing the position with a location sensing probe having a resolution finer than a print resolution of the print head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Jorgenson, Michael D. Bosveld, Logan R. Kiene, Jerome W. Goetzke, Benjamin L. Braton, David Mulcrone
  • IN-SITU PART POSITION MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20190375205
    Abstract: A probe for an additive manufacturing system includes a probe body having a first air port therethrough between an inlet and an outlet, and a location sensing probe extending from the probe body. The location sensing probe includes a probe end and a probe bar, the probe bar coupled between the probe body and the probe end, and a channel surrounding the probe bar, the channel having an inner tube having an inlet proximate the probe body and an outlet proximate the probe end. A method of determining a position of an item being printed in an additive manufacturing system, includes probing the position with a location sensing probe having a resolution finer than a print resolution of the print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Brent Jorgenson, Michael D. Bosveld, Logan R. Kiene, Jerome W. Goetzke, Benjamin L. Braton, David Mulcrone
  • In-situ part position measurement
    Patent number: 10399326
    Abstract: A probe for an additive manufacturing system includes a probe body having a first air port therethrough between an inlet and an outlet, and a location sensing probe extending from the probe body. The location sensing probe includes a probe end and a probe bar, the probe bar coupled between the probe body and the probe end, and a channel surrounding the probe bar, the channel having an inner tube having an inlet proximate the probe body and an outlet proximate the probe end. A method of determining a position of an item being printed in an additive manufacturing system, includes probing the position with a location sensing probe having a resolution finer than a print resolution of the print head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: STRATASYS, INC.
    Inventors: Brent Jorgenson, Michael D. Bosveld, Logan R. Kiene, Jerome W. Goetzke, Benjamin L. Braton, David Mulcrone
  • IN-SITU PART POSITION MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20170120531
    Abstract: A probe for an additive manufacturing system includes a probe body having a first air port therethrough between an inlet and an outlet, and a location sensing probe extending from the probe body. The location sensing probe includes a probe end and a probe bar, the probe bar coupled between the probe body and the probe end, and a channel surrounding the probe bar, the channel having an inner tube having an inlet proximate the probe body and an outlet proximate the probe end. A method of determining a position of an item being printed in an additive manufacturing system, includes probing the position with a location sensing probe having a resolution finer than a print resolution of the print head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Brent Jorgenson, Michael D. Bosveld, Logan R. Kiene, Jerome W. Goetzke, Benjamin L. Braton, David Mulcrone
  • GPS PET CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20070204804
    Abstract: Described herein is a GPS pet containment system is that generally self contained within a collar. However, the collar includes a battery power source, a microcontroller powered by the battery power source, a global positioning system (GPS) interfaced to the microcontroller and an accelerometer interfaced to the microcontroller. The GPS operates to provide collar location information on a periodic basis while the accelerometer provides collar dead reckoning location information on a substantially continuous basis. The dead reckoning location information is acquired by integrating the acceleration value provided by the accelerometer over sub-second time intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Scott Swanson, John Rydberg, Raymond Oberleitner, Edward Watson, David Mulcrone, Bradley Leonard