Patents by Inventor Keith Allen FLEMING

Keith Allen FLEMING 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REMOVABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURES IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20190039138
    Abstract: Systems and methods of support structures in powder-bed fusion (PBF) are provided. Support structures can be formed of bound powder, which can be, for example, compacted powder, compacted and sintered powder, powder with a binding agent applied, etc. Support structures can be formed of non-powder support material, such as a foam. Support structures can be formed to include inductive components that can be used to facilitate removal of the support structures in the presence of an external magnetic field. Additionally, support structures can be formed to break when a fluid, such as air or water, creates a force and/or pressure at a connection point interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Muhammad Faizan ZAFAR, Broc William TenHOUTEN, Antonio Bernerd MARTINEZ, Keith Allen FLEMING, John Russell BUCKNELL
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REMOVABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURES IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20180311733
    Abstract: Systems and methods of support structures in powder-bed fusion (PBF) are provided. Support structures can be formed of bound powder, which can be, for example, compacted powder, compacted and sintered powder, powder with a binding agent applied, etc. Support structures can be formed of non-powder support material, such as a foam. Support structures can be formed to include inductive components that can be used to facilitate removal of the support structures in the presence of an external magnetic field. Additionally, support structures can be formed to break when a fluid, such as air or water, creates a force and/or pressure at a connection point interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Muhammad Faizan ZAFAR, Broc William TenHOUTEN, Antonio Bernerd MARTINEZ, Keith Allen FLEMING, John Russell BUCKNELL