Patents by Inventor Diana Giulietti
Diana Giulietti 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: 11833590Abstract: An additive manufacturing product is provided. The additive manufacturing product includes an embedded electronic, a transition zone, and a base material. The transition zone encases the embedded electronic. The transition zone includes transition material. The base material encases the transition zone. The transition material includes an intermediate melting point that is lower than a melting point of the base material.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Diana Giulietti, Alexander Madinger
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Patent number: 11701820Abstract: An additive manufacturing device includes a recoater configured to push powder onto a build platform. The recoater defines an advancing direction for pushing powder. A first baffle is mounted to a first end of a leading edge of the recoater and a second baffle mounted to a second end of the leading edge of the recoater opposite the first end. Each of the first and second baffles includes a base mounted to the recoater, a first wall that extends obliquely ahead of and laterally outward from the base relative to the advancing direction, and a second wall opposite the first wall. The second wall extends obliquely ahead of and laterally inward from the base relative to the advancing direction. A volume is defined between the first and second wall with capacity to collect powder as the recoater advances.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.Inventors: Diana Giulietti, David W. Morganson
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Patent number: 11541434Abstract: An end effector for a vacuum system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the end effector includes a central duct having a first end configured for connection to a vacuum source and a second end defining a central duct inlet; a base member proximate the second end of the central duct; and a plurality of passages extending from an outer surface of the base member to an inner surface of the central duct, the plurality of passages characterized by a passage axis having an axial vector component.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Lawrence Binek, David W. Morganson, Diana Giulietti
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Patent number: 11433615Abstract: A method of cleaning a recoater of an additive manufacturing machine includes installing a cleaning fixture into the additive manufacturing machine, the cleaning fixture including one or more cleaning elements, advancing the recoater into contact with the one or more cleaning elements, and rotating the recoater about a recoater axis thus dislodging material from a recoater outer surface due to frictional contact with the one or more cleaning elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Madinger, Diana Giulietti
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Publication number: 20220016836Abstract: An additive manufacturing device includes a recoater configured to push powder onto a build platform. The recoater defines an advancing direction for pushing powder. A first baffle is mounted to a first end of a leading edge of the recoater and a second baffle mounted to a second end of the leading edge of the recoater opposite the first end. Each of the first and second baffles includes a base mounted to the recoater, a first wall that extends obliquely ahead of and laterally outward from the base relative to the advancing direction, and a second wall opposite the first wall. The second wall extends obliquely ahead of and laterally inward from the base relative to the advancing direction. A volume is defined between the first and second wall with capacity to collect powder as the recoater advances.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Delavan Inc.Inventors: Diana Giulietti, David W. Morganson
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Patent number: 11179888Abstract: An additive manufacturing device includes a recoater configured to push powder onto a build platform. The recoater defines an advancing direction for pushing powder. A first baffle is mounted to a first end of a leading edge of the recoater and a second baffle mounted to a second end of the leading edge of the recoater opposite the first end. Each of the first and second baffles includes a base mounted to the recoater, a first wall that extends obliquely ahead of and laterally outward from the base relative to the advancing direction, and a second wall opposite the first wall. The second wall extends obliquely ahead of and laterally inward from the base relative to the advancing direction. A volume is defined between the first and second wall with capacity to collect powder as the recoater advances.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Delavan Inc.Inventors: Diana Giulietti, David W. Morganson
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Publication number: 20210268587Abstract: A splatter shield system for an additive manufacturing machine includes one or more splatter shields configured to cover at least a portion of a build area during energy application such that the at least one splatter shield is positioned between an energy source of an additive manufacturing machine and the build area during energy application. The one or more splatter shields are transparent to an energy source (e.g., a laser) of the additive manufacturing system such that energy application occurs through the splatter shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Sergey Mironets, Alexander Madinger, Diana Giulietti, Dmitri Novikov
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Publication number: 20210260660Abstract: An additive manufacturing product is provided. The additive manufacturing product includes an embedded electronic, a transition zone, and a base material. The transition zone encases the embedded electronic. The transition zone includes transition material. The base material encases the transition zone. The transition material includes an intermediate melting point that is lower than a melting point of the base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Diana Giulietti, Alexander Madinger
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Publication number: 20210252786Abstract: A method includes receiving torque data of a powder recoater operatively connected to an additive manufacturing system. The torque data includes torque data of the recoater when the recoater traverses a build area. The method also includes determining a quality of one or more of an additive manufacturing process and/or product based on the torque data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Diana Giulietti, Kiley James Versluys
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Patent number: 11052462Abstract: An additive manufacturing product is provided. The additive manufacturing product includes an embedded electronic, a transition zone, and a base material. The transition zone encases the embedded electronic. The transition zone includes transition material. The base material encases the transition zone. The transition material includes an intermediate melting point that is lower than a melting point of the base material.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Diana Giulietti, Alexander Madinger
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Patent number: 11027336Abstract: A splatter shield system for an additive manufacturing machine includes one or more splatter shields configured to cover at least a portion of a build area during energy application such that the at least one splatter shield is positioned between an energy source of an additive manufacturing machine and the build area during energy application. The one or more splatter shields are transparent to an energy source (e.g., a laser) of the additive manufacturing system such that energy application occurs through the splatter shield.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Sergey Mironets, Alexander Madinger, Diana Giulietti, Dmitri Novikov
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Publication number: 20210069982Abstract: A method of cleaning a recoater of an additive manufacturing machine includes installing a cleaning fixture into the additive manufacturing machine, the cleaning fixture including one or more cleaning elements, advancing the recoater into contact with the one or more cleaning elements, and rotating the recoater about a recoater axis thus dislodging material from a recoater outer surface due to frictional contact with the one or more cleaning elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Alexander Madinger, Diana Giulietti
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Patent number: 10872180Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a manufacturing dataset having cloned geometric features for an additive manufacturing process includes identifying, via a processor, a repeating design feature in a first manufacturing dataset that defines a three-dimensional workpiece. The method further includes determining, via the processor, a processing cost or benefit for cloning the repeating design feature, and generating, via the processor, a second dataset having with repeating design feature isolated responsive to the determined processing benefit. The method includes generating, via the processor, a third dataset from the first manufacturing dataset. The third dataset that replaces the repeating design feature with a reference to the second dataset having the repeating design feature.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATIONInventor: Diana Giulietti
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Patent number: 10870238Abstract: A method of cleaning a recoater of an additive manufacturing machine includes installing a cleaning fixture into the additive manufacturing machine, the cleaning fixture including one or more cleaning elements, advancing the recoater into contact with the one or more cleaning elements, and rotating the recoater about a recoater axis thus dislodging material from a recoater outer surface due to frictional contact with the one or more cleaning elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Madinger, Diana Giulietti
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Publication number: 20200298309Abstract: A shrouded rotor constructed through a hybrid additive manufacturing process. The shrouded rotor including a hub at a radial center having an outer surface forming an inner wall of a flow path, a shroud at a radial outer side having an inner surface forming an outer wall of the flow path, and vanes extending within the flow path between the hub and the shroud. The outer surface of the hub, the inner surface of the shroud, and all surfaces of the vanes have a surface roughness average of less than 32Ra.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Donald E. Army, Diana Giulietti, Alexander Madinger
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Patent number: 10730281Abstract: An example method of making a component includes providing a digital model of a component to a software program, the software program operable to slice the digital model into digital layers and raster each digital layer into digital segments, the digital segments delineated by digital raster lines. The method further includes depositing a first layer of powdered material onto a platform, compacting the first layer of powered material into a first compacted layer, sintering the first compacted layer along lines corresponding to the digital raster lines using a laser, wherein the laser operates at a first power and a first scan speed, and sintering the first compacted layer along a perimeter of the first compacted layer using the laser to form a first unitary layer, wherein the laser operates at a second power and a second scan speed, wherein the ratio of the first power to the second power is less than about 3. An apparatus for making a component is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Sergey Mironets, William Louis Wentland, Diana Giulietti, Colette Opsahl Fennessy
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Publication number: 20200238607Abstract: An additive manufacturing device includes a recoater configured to push powder onto a build platform. The recoater defines an advancing direction for pushing powder. A first baffle is mounted to a first end of a leading edge of the recoater and a second baffle mounted to a second end of the leading edge of the recoater opposite the first end. Each of the first and second baffles includes a base mounted to the recoater, a first wall that extends obliquely ahead of and laterally outward from the base relative to the advancing direction, and a second wall opposite the first wall. The second wall extends obliquely ahead of and laterally inward from the base relative to the advancing direction. A volume is defined between the first and second wall with capacity to collect powder as the recoater advances.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Diana Giulietti, David W. Morganson
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Patent number: 10722943Abstract: A method of making an article is disclosed involving determining a plurality of patterns of discrete sections for a plurality of layers of fusible material. According to the method, the patterns are determined having section boundaries that avoid alignment with section boundaries of other layer patterns among the plurality of patterns according to criteria specified for the article. Layers of fusible material are repeatedly fused with an energy beam applied in a scanning pattern to each of the discrete sections sequentially for each of the plurality of patterns in the plurality of layers.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Kiley James Versluys, Diana Giulietti
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Patent number: 10710160Abstract: A hybrid additive manufacturing process is utilized for creating a shrouded rotor with the shrouded rotor having a hub at a radial center, a shroud at a radial outer side, and vanes extending therebetween. The hybrid additive manufacturing process includes forming the shrouded rotor in stages, with a first stage being formed by depositing material in an axial direction through a first stage of the hub, machining an outer surface of the first stage of the hub to smooth the outer surface, depositing material on the first stage of the hub in a radial direction through a first stage of the vanes and the shroud, and machining all surfaces of the first stage of the vanes and an inner surface of the first stage of the shroud to smooth the surfaces. Subsequent stages of the shrouded rotor are formed similarly to the first stage.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Donald E. Army, Diana Giulietti, Alexander Madinger
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Publication number: 20200215587Abstract: An end effector for a vacuum system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the end effector includes a central duct having a first end configured for connection to a vacuum source and a second end defining a central duct inlet; a base member proximate the second end of the central duct; and a plurality of passages extending from an outer surface of the base member to an inner surface of the central duct, the plurality of passages characterized by a passage axis having an axial vector component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Lawrence Binek, David W. Morganson, Diana Giulietti