Patents by Inventor Jacob T. Wright

Jacob T. Wright 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).

  • Patent number: 11097472
    Abstract: At least one agent distributor may be to selectively deliver coalescing agent onto portions of a layer of build material at a first density and at a second density lower than the first density. A controller may be to control the at least one agent distributor to selectively deliver the coalescing agent at the first and second densities onto respective first and second portions of the layer in respective first and second patterns derived from data representing the three-dimensional object to be generated, so that when energy is applied to the layer the build material may coalesce and solidify to form a slice of the three-dimensional object in accordance with the first pattern. The second portion may be in proximity to a boundary of the first portion. Presence of the coalescing agent in the second portion may be to prevent at least some heat from flowing away from the first portion when the energy is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Bernardo A. Gutierrez, Jacob T. Wright, Michael A. Novick
  • Patent number: 10569470
    Abstract: Agent calibration can, in an example implementation, include generating a calibration based on a quantity of energy absorbed by a build material treated with different quantities of an agent and converting a portion of a three-dimensional object model to a quantity of agent based on the calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David H Donovan, Jacob T Wright, Erica Montei Fung
  • Patent number: 10488846
    Abstract: Adjustment of a halftoning threshold can, in an example implementation, include assigning a relative energy value, relative to a reference energy value, to a location of a build area and adjusting a halftoning threshold based on the relative energy value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David H. Donovan, Jacob T. Wright, Erica M. Fung
  • Publication number: 20190351608
    Abstract: At least one agent distributor may be to selectively deliver coalescing agent onto portions of a layer of build material at a first density and at a second density lower than the first density. A controller may be to control the at least one agent distributor to selectively deliver the coalescing agent at the first and second densities onto respective first and second portions of the layer in respective first and second patterns derived from data representing the three-dimensional object to be generated, so that when energy is applied to the layer the build material may coalesce and solidify to form a slice of the three-dimensional object in accordance with the first pattern. The second portion may be in proximity to a boundary of the first portion. Presence of the coalescing agent in the second portion may be to prevent at least some heat from flowing away from the first portion when the energy is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Bernardo A. Gutierrez, Jacob T. Wright, Michael A. Novick
  • Patent number: 10406744
    Abstract: At least one agent distributor may be to selectively deliver coalescing agent onto portions of a layer of build material at a first density and at a second density lower than the first density. A controller may be to control the at least one agent distributor to selectively deliver the coalescing agent at the first and second densities onto respective first and second portions of the layer in respective first and second patterns derived from data representing the three-dimensional object to be generated, so that when energy is applied to the layer the build material may coalesce and solidify to form a slice of the three-dimensional object in accordance with the first pattern. The second portion may be in proximity to a boundary of the first portion. Presence of the coalescing agent in the second portion may be to prevent at least some heat from flowing away from the first portion when the energy is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Bernardo A. Gutierrez, Jacob T. Wright, Michael A. Novick
  • Publication number: 20180011475
    Abstract: Adjustment of a halftoning threshold can, in an example implementation, include assigning a relative energy value, relative to a reference energy value, to a location of a build area and adjusting a halftoning threshold based on the relative energy value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: David H. Donovan, Jacob T. Wright, Erica M. Fung
  • Publication number: 20180009157
    Abstract: At least one agent distributor may be to selectively deliver coalescing agent onto portions of a layer of build material at a first density and at a second density lower than the first density. A controller may be to control the at least one agent distributor to selectively deliver the coalescing agent at the first and second densities onto respective first and second portions of the layer in respective first and second patterns derived from data representing the three-dimensional object to be generated, so that when energy is applied to the layer the build material may coalesce and solidify to form a slice of the three-dimensional object in accordance with the first pattern. The second portion may be in proximity to a boundary of the first portion. Presence of the coalescing agent in the second portion may be to prevent at least some heat from flowing away from the first portion when the energy is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Bernardo A. Gutierrez, Jacob T. Wright, Michael A. Novick
  • Publication number: 20180009171
    Abstract: Agent calibration can, in an example implementation, include generating a calibration based on a quantity of energy absorbed by a build material treated with different quantities of an agent and converting a portion of a three-dimensional object model to a quantity of agent based on the calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: David H Donovan, Jacob T Wright, Erica Montei Fung