Patents by Inventor Joshua D. Gale

Joshua D. Gale 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).

  • Methods for Modifying and Enhancing Material Properties of Additive Manufactured Metallic Parts
    Publication number: 20160355904
    Abstract: A device for additive manufacturing of an object. The device includes: a first probe configured to form the object; and a work-hardening second probe, where the work-hardening second probe is an ultrasonic probe, and further where the second probe is configured to emit ultrasonic energy to modify a substructure of the object during manufacture; wherein the first probe is configured to increase a temperature of at least a portion of a first layer of the object facing the first probe, to a first depth; and wherein the second probe is configured to work-harden the at least a portion of the first layer of the object facing the first probe, to a second depth, the second depth being greater than the first depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Clarkson University
    Inventors: Ajit Achuthan, Joshua D. Gale