Patents by Inventor Joel E. Farley

Joel E. Farley 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).

  • Remotely-adjustable purge station for use in additive manufacturing systems
    Patent number: 10414094
    Abstract: A purge station assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a purge station having a base bracket, a slide mount slidably engaged with the base bracket, and a contact head configured to clean a nozzle tip of a print head. The purge station assembly also includes a mechanism, such as a cable line, operably attached to the slide mount that allows an operator to mechanically move the slide mount relative to the base bracket from a location that is remote from the purge station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: STRATASYS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert L. Skubic, Logan R. Kiene, Joel E. Farley, Benjamin L. Braton, James Flannigan, Joel Ostby
  • REMOTELY-ADJUSTABLE PURGE STATION FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170266891
    Abstract: A purge station assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a purge station having a base bracket, a slide mount slidably engaged with the base bracket, and a contact head configured to clean a nozzle tip of a print head. The purge station assembly also includes a mechanism, such as a cable line, operably attached to the slide mount that allows an operator to mechanically move the slide mount relative to the base bracket from a location that is remote from the purge station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Robert L. Skubic, Logan R. Kiene, Joel E. Farley, Benjamin L. Braton, James Flannigan, Joel Ostby
  • Remotely-adjustable purge station for use in additive manufacturing systems
    Patent number: 9694545
    Abstract: A purge station assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a purge station having a base bracket, a slide mount slidably engaged with the base bracket, and a contact head configured to clean a nozzle tip of a print head. The purge station assembly also includes a mechanism, such as a cable line, operably attached to the slide mount that allows an operator to mechanically move the slide mount relative to the base bracket from a location that is remote from the purge station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Skubic, Logan R. Kiene, Joel E. Farley, Benjamin L. Braton, James Flannigan, Joel Ostby
  • REMOTELY-ADJUSTABLE PURGE STATION FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160176120
    Abstract: A purge station assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a purge station having a base bracket, a slide mount slidably engaged with the base bracket, and a contact head configured to clean a nozzle tip of a print head. The purge station assembly also includes a mechanism, such as a cable line, operably attached to the slide mount that allows an operator to mechanically move the slide mount relative to the base bracket from a location that is remote from the purge station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Skubic, Logan R. Kiene, Joel E. Farley, Benjamin L. Braton, James Flannigan, Joel Ostby
  • Vehicle energy absorption
    Patent number: 8118255
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes various apparatus, system, and method embodiments for vehicle energy absorption. One embodiment includes an inflatable structure for impact of a vehicle thereon and one or more cords coupled to one or more deflation vents on the inflatable structure, where at least one of the one or more cords is an activation mechanism to activate the deflation vent upon impact of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Monson, John P. Abraham, Joseph V. Crimando, Joel E. Farley, Matthew F. Linder, Joel T. Seipel