Patents by Inventor JAMES MICHAEL REILLY

JAMES MICHAEL REILLY 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).

  • METHOD OF CHANGING COVER GAS USED DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20170239718
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for additive manufacturing a metal part having portions with varying microstructures. The method may include depositing an additive manufacturing powder on a surface and melting or sintering a first portion of the additive manufacturing powder while it is covered with a first type of cover gas. Next, the method may include melting or sintering a second portion of the additive manufacturing powder while it is covered with to second type of cover gas. The first portion may be a first layer of the additive manufacturing powder and the second portion may be a second layer of the additive manufacturing powder deposited after melting or sintering of the first layer. Additionally or alternatively, the first portion and the second portion may both include distinct portions of a single layer of the additive manufacturing powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: ROBERT GEORGE STEINHOFF, JR., KEVIN EUGENE BAUGHN, BENJAMIN ROSS BROWN, WESLEY ALEXANDER EVERHART, JAMES MICHAEL REILLY