Patents by Inventor Denis Indyk
Denis Indyk 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: 11891465Abstract: A photopolymerized prepolymer manufacturing system can create material suitable for 3D printing buildings or building components. The system can include a conveyor, a prepolymerization chamber, and one or more processors. The prepolymerization chamber can have multiple prepolymerization stations arranged in sequence and can convert untreated material into photopolymerized prepolymer material as the conveyor moves the prepolymer past the prepolymerization chamber. The processor(s) can control operations of the conveyor, the prepolymerization chamber, or both, to alter operations in response to a detected system event. Each polymerization station can include a light source, such as an LED array, that irradiates material. Each light source can be in a lid of the prepolymerization station. When operation of one polymerization station is halted, such as for maintenance, then the system can increase the light source intensity of the remaining polymerization stations, slow the conveyor speed, or both.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Mighty Buildings, Inc.Inventors: Denis Indyk, Aleksandr Trushin, Anna Trushina, Aleksei Dubov, Dmitry Starodubtsev, Slava Solonitsyn
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Publication number: 20230330934Abstract: An optical curing system for a large scale 3D printing system may include a light source housing, a light source, a mounting bracket, a light beam focusing subsystem, and a power source. The light source may be coupled to the light source housing. The mounting bracket may secure the light source housing to a rotary system on the 3D printer. The light beam focusing subsystem is attached to the light source housing. The power source may power the light source during its operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Denis Indyk, Aleksei Dubov, Slava Solonitsyn, Anna Trushina, Dmitry Starodubtsev
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Patent number: 11724456Abstract: An optical curing system for a large scale 3D printing system may include a light source housing, a light source, a mounting bracket, a light beam focusing subsystem, and a power source. The light source may be coupled to the light source housing. The mounting bracket may secure the light source housing to a rotary system on the 3D printer. The light beam focusing subsystem is attached to the light source housing. The power source may power the light source during its operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Mighty Buildings, Inc.Inventors: Denis Indyk, Aleksei Dubov, Slava Solonitsyn, Anna Trushina, Dmitry Starodubtsev
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Patent number: 11667080Abstract: A system for obtaining a photopolymerized prepolymer for use as a component of a material suitable for manufacturing buildings or building components by 3D printing processes. The system contains a flexible closed loop conveyor stretched between a precursor loading station and a prepolymerization material receiver from which the product is unloaded to a construction 3D printing machine. The conveyor carries a plurality of flexible trays capable of looping around the pulleys of the closed loop conveyor. The trays are shallow troughs that have open tops and carry dosed portions of the precursor, which is photopolymerized on its way from the loading station to the unloading station by sequentially passing under light sources of two photopolymerization stations. When the trays pass through the unloading position, they are turned upside-down and allow the precured material to fall into a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Mighty Buildings, Inc.Inventors: Denis Indyk, Alexander Trushin, Anna Trushina, Aleksei Dubov, Dmitry Starodubtsev, Slava Solonitsyn
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Patent number: 11554518Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for producing a 3d-printable composite material for large scale printing. A method can include receiving a first component comprising a (meth)acrylic monomer or a (meth)acrylic oligomer, or a combination thereof. The method can include receiving a second component comprising a photoinitiator and a third component comprising a polymerization enhancer. The method can include mixing the first component, second component, and third component with a mixing reactor to form a mixture. The method can include filtering the mixture with a filtration unit and removing a solid residue from the mixture. The method can include curing the filtered mixture with a radiation unit into a gel component and a liquid component. The method can include separating the gel component with a phase separation unit and then milling the gel component.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Mighty Buildings, Inc.Inventors: Aleksei Dubov, Denis Indyk
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Patent number: 11478986Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for producing a 3d-printable prepolymerized material. A device can include a reactor having a body including a housing having an exterior, and interior cavity, an input end, and an output end opposite of the input end, the output end comprising an opening, a loading hopper operably connected to the interior cavity of the housing, an auger supported within the interior cavity of the housing, a driving motor operably connected to the body configured to drive the auger; and a light emitting unit operably connected to the exterior of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Mighty Buildings, Inc.Inventors: Denis Indyk, Aleksander Trushin, Galina Nazarova, Vladislav Ridosh, Vasilii Korshikov
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Publication number: 20220314537Abstract: A 3D printing system can include an extruding system, a curing system, a positioning system, and a feedback system. The extruding system can include a feed pipe coupled to a printing material source and a nozzle having a longitudinal axis along which printing material is extruded. The nozzle can extrude printing material at a printing angle between the longitudinal axis and the top surface of a layer of printing material being printed. The curing system can include light or other curing components configured to cure the printed material after extrusion. The positioning system can include a platform that supports the extruding system and a platform rotating subsystem that rotates the platform during the printing process to adjust the printing angle. The feedback system can include a processor and sensors to detect the location of the nozzle with respect to the 3D printed object or other objects in the printing area during the printing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Denis Indyk, Igor Bolgov, Aleksei Dubov
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Publication number: 20210283803Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for producing a 3d-printable composite material for large scale printing. A method can include receiving a first component comprising a (meth)acrylic monomer or a (meth)acrylic oligomer, or a combination thereof. The method can include receiving a second component comprising a photoinitiator and a third component comprising a polymerization enhancer. The method can include mixing the first component, second component, and third component with a mixing reactor to form a mixture. The method can include filtering the mixture with a filtration unit and removing a solid residue from the mixture. The method can include curing the filtered mixture with a radiation unit into a gel component and a liquid component. The method can include separating the gel component with a phase separation unit and then milling the gel component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Aleksei Dubov, Denis Indyk
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Publication number: 20210078254Abstract: An optical curing system for a large scale 3D printing system may include a light source housing, a light source, a mounting bracket, a light beam focusing subsystem, and a power source. The light source may be coupled to the light source housing. The mounting bracket may secure the light source housing to a rotary system on the 3D printer. The light beam focusing subsystem is attached to the light source housing. The power source may power the light source during its operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Denis Indyk, Aleksei Dubov, Slava Solonitsyn, Anna Trushina, Dmitry Starodubtsev
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Publication number: 20200407472Abstract: A photopolymerized prepolymer manufacturing system can create material suitable for 3D printing buildings or building components. The system can include a conveyor, a prepolymerization chamber, and one or more processors. The prepolymerization chamber can have multiple prepolymerization stations arranged in sequence and can convert untreated material into photopolymerized prepolymer material as the conveyor moves the prepolymer past the prepolymerization chamber. The processor(s) can control operations of the conveyor, the prepolymerization chamber, or both, to alter operations in response to a detected system event. Each polymerization station can include a light source, such as an LED array, that irradiates material. Each light source can be in a lid of the prepolymerization station. When operation of one polymerization station is halted, such as for maintenance, then the system can increase the light source intensity of the remaining polymerization stations, slow the conveyor speed, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Denis Indyk, Alexander Trushin, Anna Trushina, Aleksei Dubov, Dmitry Starodubtsev, Slava Solonitsyn
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Publication number: 20200338828Abstract: A system for obtaining a photopolymerized prepolymer for use as a component of a material suitable for manufacturing buildings or building components by 3D printing processes. The system contains a flexible closed loop conveyor stretched between a precursor loading station and a prepolymerization material receiver from which the product is unloaded to a construction 3D printing machine. The conveyor carries a plurality of flexible trays capable of looping around the pulleys of the dosed loop conveyor. The trays are shallow troughs that have open tops and carry dosed portions of the precursor, which is photopolymerized on its way from the loading station to the unloading station by sequentially passing under light sources of two photopolymerization stations. When the trays pass through the unloading position, they are turned upside-down and allow the precured material to fall into a receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Denis Indyk, Alexander Trushin, Anna Trushina, Aleksei Dubov, Dmitry Starodubtsev, Slava Solonitsyn
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Publication number: 20200282653Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for producing a 3d-printable prepolymerized material. A device can include a reactor having a body including a housing having an exterior, and interior cavity, an input end, and an output end opposite of the input end, the output end comprising an opening, a loading hopper operably connected to the interior cavity of the housing, an auger supported within the interior cavity of the housing, a driving motor operably connected to the body configured to drive the auger; and a light emitting unit operably connected to the exterior of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Denis Indyk, Aleksander Trushin, Galina Nazarova, Vladislav Ridosh, Vasilli Korshikov