Patents by Inventor Erik K. Heide

Erik K. Heide 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).

  • Three-dimensional parts having interconnected Hollow patterns, method of manufacturing and method of producing composite part
    Patent number: 10093039
    Abstract: A three-dimensional part is printed using an additive manufacturing technique. The three-dimensional part includes an outer wall having an outer surface defining a shape of a part and in interior surface defining an interior cavity. The part includes a plurality of first sections having a plurality of printed layers, each printed layer of the first section having a plurality of wall segments that form triangle shaped cells wherein each of the plurality of first sections are attached to the interior surface of the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Subramaniam Jayanti, Erik K. Heide, Donald J. Holzwarth, Thomas James Studanski, Alissa Ann Wild, Kevin C. Johnson
  • ADAPTIVE LAYER HEIGHT
    Publication number: 20180043631
    Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing prints a part by adding layers to the part. The heights of the layers are determined by determining an orientation of at least one surface of a model of the part and setting a layer height for a layer to be added to the part based on the determined orientation of the at least one surface of the model of the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Erik K. Heide, Thomas J. Studanski
  • Method for generating and building support structures with deposition-based digital manufacturing systems
    Patent number: 9573323
    Abstract: A method for generating data for a support structure to be built with a deposition-based digital manufacturing system, the method comprising generating a convex hull polygon based on a boundary polygon of a layer of the support structure, offsetting the convex hull polygon inward, offsetting the boundary polygon outward, and generating an intersection boundary polygon based at least in part on the offset boundary polygon and the offset convex hull polygon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik K. Heide
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTS HAVING INTERCONNECTED HOLLOW PATTERNS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COMPOSITE PART
    Publication number: 20160257033
    Abstract: A three-dimensional part is printed using an additive manufacturing technique. The three-dimensional part includes an outer wall having an outer surface defining a shape of a part and in interior surface defining an interior cavity. The part includes a plurality of first sections having a plurality of printed layers, each printed layer of the first section having a plurality of wall segments that form triangle shaped cells wherein each of the plurality of first sections are attached to the interior surface of the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Subramaniam Jayanti, Erik K. Heide, Donald J. Holzwarth, Thomas James Studanski, Alissa Ann Wild, Kevin C. Johnson
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING AND BUILDING SUPPORT STRUCTURES WITH DEPOSITION-BASED DIGITAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150148931
    Abstract: A method for generating data for a support structure to be built with a deposition-based digital manufacturing system, the method comprising generating a convex hull polygon based on a boundary polygon of a layer of the support structure, offsetting the convex hull polygon inward, offsetting the boundary polygon outward, and generating an intersection boundary polygon based at least in part on the offset boundary polygon and the offset convex hull polygon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Erik K. Heide
  • Method for generating and building support structures with deposition-based digital manufacturing systems
    Patent number: 8983643
    Abstract: A method for generating data for a support structure to be built with a deposition-based digital manufacturing system, the method comprising generating a convex hull polygon based on a boundary polygon of a layer of the support structure, offsetting the convex hull polygon inward, offsetting the boundary polygon outward, and generating an intersection boundary polygon based at least in part on the offset boundary polygon and the offset convex hull polygon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik K. Heide
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING AND BUILDING SUPPORT STRUCTURES WITH DEPOSITION-BASED DIGITAL MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110178621
    Abstract: A method for generating data for a support structure to be built with a deposition-based digital manufacturing system, the method comprising generating a convex hull polygon based on a boundary polygon of a layer of the support structure, offsetting the convex hull polygon inward, offsetting the boundary polygon outward, and generating an intersection boundary polygon based at least in part on the offset boundary polygon and the offset convex hull polygon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: STRATASYS, INC.
    Inventor: Erik K. Heide
  • Method for optimizing spatial orientations of computer-aided design models
    Patent number: 7403833
    Abstract: A method and system for building one or more three-dimensional objects, where the method includes providing a computer-aided design model of a three-dimensional object having an initial spatial orientation in a coordinate system, and determining an optimal spatial orientation of the computer-aided design model in the coordinate system based on one or more criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik K. Heide, Donald J. Holzwarth