Patents by Inventor Jacob Mayer
Jacob Mayer 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: 12280596Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Francis Andrews, Carlos H. Bonilla, Vadim Bromberg, Victor Fulton, Tyler Andrew Griffith, Younkoo Jeong, Jacob Mayer, John Sterle, Stephen M. Deak, Justin Gandee, Tyler Hater, Grant Alan Ingram, Peter Douglas Lueschen
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Patent number: 12233643Abstract: An apparatus includes a printing head (154) comprising jet nozzles (158) spaced apart from one another, where a distance from a first jet nozzle to a second jet nozzle positioned adjacent the first jet nozzle defines a jet-spacing, a printing head position control assembly includes a first actuator assembly (102) to move the printing head along the longitudinal axis and a second actuator assembly (103) to move the printing head along a latitudinal axis, and an control unit communicatively coupled to the printing head position control assembly. The control unit causes jet nozzles to dispense drops of binder (50) while the printing head traverses a first pass trajectory along the longitudinal axis in a first direction, indexes the printing head to a second pass trajectory along the latitudinal axis, and causes jet nozzles to dispense drops of binder while the printing head traverses the second pass trajectory along the longitudinal axis in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vadim Bromberg, John Sterle, Carlos H. Bonilla, Kwok Pong Chan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Ruben E. Fairman, Jacob Mayer
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Patent number: 12202200Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Francis Andrews, Victor Fulton, Glen Charles Fedyk, Carlos H. Bonilla, Jacob Mayer, John Sterle, Vadim Bromberg
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Publication number: 20240408876Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: William C. Alberts, Vadim Bromberg, Kwok Pong Chan, Robert Edgar Estes, Jacob Mayer, Joshua Tyler Mook, Janet Mekker, William Cosmo Murphy, Arunkumar Natarajan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Xi Yang, Travis Sands
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Publication number: 20240326328Abstract: Additive manufacturing apparatuses, components of additive manufacturing apparatuses, and methods of using such manufacturing apparatuses and components are disclosed. An additive manufacturing apparatus may include a recoat head for distributing build material in a build area, a print head for depositing material in the build area, one or more actuators for moving the recoat head and the print head relative to the build area, and a cleaning station for cleaning the print head.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vadim Bromberg, John Sterle, Victor Fulton, Tyler Andrew Griffith, Peter Douglas Lueschen, Carlos H. Bonilla, Joseph L. Smolenski, Timothy Francis Andrews, Younkoo Jeong, Jacob Mayer, Kwok Pong Chan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Ruben E. Fairman
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Patent number: 12097709Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William C. Alberts, Vadim Bromberg, Kwok Pong Chan, Robert Edgar Estes, Jacob Mayer, Joshua Tyler Mook, Janet Mekker, William Cosmo Murphy, Arunkumar Natarajan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Xi Yang, Travis Sands
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Patent number: 12042988Abstract: Additive manufacturing apparatuses, components of additive manufacturing apparatuses, and methods of using such manufacturing apparatuses and components are disclosed. An additive manufacturing apparatus may include a recoat head for distributing build material in a build area, a print head for depositing material in the build area, one or more actuators for moving the recoat head and the print head relative to the build area, and a cleaning station for cleaning the print head.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vadim Bromberg, John Sterle, Victor Fulton, Tyler Andrew Griffith, Peter Douglas Lueschen, Carlos H. Bonilla, Joseph L. Smolenski, Timothy Francis Andrews, Younkoo Jeong, Jacob Mayer, Kwok Pong Chan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Ruben E. Fairman
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Publication number: 20240001616Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Francis Andrews, Victor Fulton, Glen Charles Fedyk, Carlos H. Bonilla, Jacob Mayer, John Sterle, Vadim Bromberg
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Publication number: 20230398746Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a process chamber having a length, a support extending along the length of the process chamber, a printing assembly, a vision system configured to image a dispensed binder pattern, and an electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the printing assembly, the first actuator, and the vision system. The electronic control unit is configured to cause the printing assembly to traverse the build zone in a forward or reverse direction while dispensing binder according to a programmed deposition pattern, receive image data from the vision system of the dispensed binder pattern resulting from the programmed deposition pattern, analyze the image data to determine whether there is an anomaly in the dispensed binder pattern, and in response to determining the anomaly in the dispensed binder pattern, adjust the programmed deposition pattern for a subsequent traversal of the printing assembly over the build zone to address the anomaly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vadim Bromberg, John Sterle, Carlos H. Bonilla, Srinivas Pendurti, Timothy Francis Andrews, Victor Fulton, Jacob Mayer
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Publication number: 20230398736Abstract: In embodiments, an additive manufacturing apparatus comprises a chassis assembly and a skin at least partially covering the chassis assembly. The chassis assembly comprises a lower chassis section secured to a low voltage chassis section; an upper environmental chassis section secured to and extending over the low voltage chassis section and the lower chassis section; a high voltage chassis section secured to the upper environmental chassis section and the lower chassis section; and a build receptacle carriage adjustably coupled to the lower chassis section. The skin comprises first and second doors providing access to the low voltage chassis section and the high voltage chassis section; a rear panel providing access to the upper environmental chassis section; a top panel covering a top of the upper environmental chassis section; and at least one hinged door providing access to the lower chassis section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Victor Fulton, Carlos H. Bonilla, Jacob Mayer, Timothy Francis Andrews, Joshua Tyler Mook, Peter Douglas Lueschen, John Sterle, Vadim Bromberg
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Publication number: 20230390825Abstract: An apparatus for forming a three-dimensional article having successive layers of a powder material, which layers correspond to successive cross-sections of the three-dimensional article includes a process chamber that includes a process chamber floor having an opening therethrough, the opening defining a part processing area and a lid management system. The lid management system includes an actuator including a movable arm that moves between retracted and extended positions and a machine lid connected to the movable arm. The machine lid is sized and configured to sealingly engage a perimeter of the opening of the process chamber floor with the movable arm in the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Jacob Mayer, Victor FULTON, Carlos H. BONILLA
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Publication number: 20230382045Abstract: A system (100) includes a build area positioned along a working surface (102), a supply receptacle (110) spaced apart from the build area and defining one or more supply receptacle sidewalls and an upwardly-facing receptacle opening (114), a dosing hopper (240) positioned above and in selective communication with the supply receptacle, where the dosing hopper is structurally configured to deliver build material to an interior space (116), and a conveyance hopper (260) in communication with the dosing hopper (240).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Carlos H. Bonilla, Victor Fulton, Jacob Mayer, Timothy Francis Andrews, Gregory Kurt Miller, Christopher Bryant
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Publication number: 20230382044Abstract: An apparatus for forming a three-dimensional article having successive layers of a powder material, which layers correspond to successive cross-sections of the three-dimensional article includes a process chamber comprising a process chamber floor and a build box management system. The build box management system includes an intake conveyor that receives a build box and an elevated conveyor that engages the build box at a location above a bottom of the build box.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventor: Jacob Mayer
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Patent number: 11794410Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Francis Andrews, Victor Fulton, Glen Charles Fedyk, Carlos H. Bonilla, Jacob Mayer, John Sterle, Vadim Bromberg
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Publication number: 20220314541Abstract: An actuator assembly for distributing build material and depositing binder material in an additive manufacturing apparatus may comprise an upper support and a lower support spaced vertically spaced from one another. A recoat head actuator may be coupled to a recoat head and one of the upper support and the lower support. The recoat head actuator may include a recoat motion axis. The recoat head actuator effects bi-directional movement of the recoat head on the recoat motion axis. A print head actuator may be coupled to a print head and the other of the upper support and the lower support. The print head actuator may include a print motion axis. The print head actuator effects bi-directional movement of the print head on the print motion axis. The recoat motion axis and the print motion axis are parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Carlos H. Bonilla, John Sterle, Vadim Bromberg, Tyler Andrew Griffith, Victor Fulton, Jacob Mayer, Peter Douglas Lueschen
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Publication number: 20220314545Abstract: Additive manufacturing apparatuses, components of additive manufacturing apparatuses, and methods of using such manufacturing apparatuses and components are disclosed. An additive manufacturing apparatus may include a recoat head for distributing build material in a build area, a print head for depositing material in the build area, one or more actuators for moving the recoat head and the print head relative to the build area, and a cleaning station for cleaning the print head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Vadim Bromberg, John Sterle, Victor Fulton, Tyler Andrew Griffith, Peter Douglas Lueschen, Carlos H. Bonilla, Joseph L. Smolenski, Timothy Francis Andrews, Younkoo Jeong, Jacob Mayer, Kwok Pong Chan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Ruben E. Fairman
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Publication number: 20220242044Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Francis Andrews, Carlos H. Bonilla, Vadim Bromberg, Victor Fulton, Tyler Andrew Griffith, Younkoo Jeong, Jacob Mayer, John Sterle, Stephen M. Deak, Justin Gandee, Tyler Hater, Grant Alan Ingram, Peter Douglas Lueschen
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Publication number: 20220242130Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: William C. Alberts, Vadim Bromberg, Kwok Pong Chan, Robert Edgar Estes, Jacob Mayer, Joshua Tyler Mook, Janet Mekker, William Cosmo Murphy, Arunkumar Natarjan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Xi Yang, Travis Sands
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Publication number: 20220227127Abstract: An apparatus includes a printing head (154) comprising jet nozzles (158) spaced apart from one another, where a distance from a first jet nozzle to a second jet nozzle positioned adjacent the first jet nozzle defines a jet-spacing, a printing head position control assembly includes a first actuator assembly (102) to move the printing head along the longitudinal axis and a second actuator assembly (103) to move the printing head along a latitudinal axis, and an control unit communicatively coupled to the printing head position control assembly. The control unit causes jet nozzles to dispense drops of binder (50) while the printing head traverses a first pass trajectory along the longitudinal axis in a first direction, indexes the printing head to a second pass trajectory along the latitudinal axis, and causes jet nozzles to dispense drops of binder while the printing head traverses the second pass trajectory along the longitudinal axis in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vadim Bromberg, John Sterle, Carlos H. Bonilla, Kwok Pong Chan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Ruben E. Fairman, Jacob Mayer
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Publication number: 20220134668Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Francis Andrews, Victor Fulton, Glen Charles Fedyk, Carlos H. Bonilla, Jacob Mayer, John Sterle, Vadim Bromberg