Patents by Inventor Dustin Eugene Lindley

Dustin Eugene Lindley 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).

  • Additive manufacturing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10821518
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating an object. The method and apparatus entail applying a pulsed laser energy to a first quantity of a powder material on a substrate so as to fuse particles of the powder material into a first layer on the substrate, and then forming at least one additional layer on the first layer by applying a pulsed laser energy to at least a second quantity of the powder material on the first layer so as to fuse particles of the powder material into the at least one additional layer on the first layer. The pulsed laser energy is applied in a controlled manner such that solidification dynamics of the first and second quantities of the powder material are altered to promote at least one microstructural characteristic of the first and additional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Kenney, Dustin Eugene Lindley
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190054533
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating an object. The method and apparatus entail applying a pulsed laser energy to a first quantity of a powder material on a substrate so as to fuse particles of the powder material into a first layer on the substrate, and then forming at least one additional layer on the first layer by applying a pulsed laser energy to at least a second quantity of the powder material on the first layer so as to fuse particles of the powder material into the at least one additional layer on the first layer. The pulsed laser energy is applied in a controlled manner such that solidification dynamics of the first and second quantities of the powder material are altered to promote at least one microstructural characteristic of the first and additional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick Michael KENNEY, Dustin Eugene LINDLEY
  • Additive manufacturing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10124408
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating an object. The method and apparatus entail applying a pulsed laser energy to a first quantity of a powder material on a substrate so as to fuse particles of the powder material into a first layer on the substrate, and then forming at least one additional layer on the first layer by applying a pulsed laser energy to at least a second quantity of the powder material on the first layer so as to fuse particles of the powder material into the at least one additional layer on the first layer. The pulsed laser energy is applied in a controlled manner such that solidification dynamics of the first and second quantities of the powder material are altered to promote at least one microstructural characteristic of the first and additional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Kenney, Dustin Eugene Lindley
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150273631
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating an object. The method and apparatus entail applying a pulsed laser energy to a first quantity of a powder material on a substrate so as to fuse particles of the powder material into a first layer on the substrate, and then forming at least one additional layer on the first layer by applying a pulsed laser energy to at least a second quantity of the powder material on the first layer so as to fuse particles of the powder material into the at least one additional layer on the first layer. The pulsed laser energy is applied in a controlled manner such that solidification dynamics of the first and second quantities of the powder material are altered to promote at least one microstructural characteristic of the first and additional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Kenney, Dustin Eugene Lindley