Patents by Inventor Kenta SHIONUMA

Kenta SHIONUMA 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: 11780159
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing device performs preliminary heating of a powder material laid and leveled in an irradiation region of an electron beam by irradiating the powder material with the electron beam and manufacturing an additively manufactured article thereafter by irradiating the powder material with the electron beam and melting the powder material. The additive manufacturing device includes a beam emitting unit emitting the electron beam and irradiating the powder material with the electron beam. When the preliminary heating is performed, the beam emitting unit performs irradiation with the electron beam along an irradiation path in a first direction and performs irradiation with the electron beam thereafter along an irradiation path in a second direction set at a jump distance from the irradiation path in the first direction as a direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta Shionuma
  • Patent number: 11554442
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing device manufactures an additively manufactured article by preheating a powder material by irradiating the powder material with a charged particle beam and then melting the powder material by irradiating the powder material with the charged particle beam. The additive manufacturing device includes a beam emitting unit emitting the charged particle beam and irradiating the powder material with the charged particle beam, and a position detection unit detecting a position of scattering of the powder material when the powder material scatters by being irradiated with the charged particle beam. When the powder material scatters by being irradiated with the charged particle beam, the beam emitting unit emits the charged particle beam such that a thermal dose of the preheating is increased at the position of scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta Shionuma
  • Publication number: 20200331060
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing device performs preliminary heating of a powder material laid and leveled in an irradiation region of an electron beam by irradiating the powder material with the electron beam and manufacturing an additively manufactured article thereafter by irradiating the powder material with the electron beam and melting the powder material. The additive manufacturing device includes a beam emitting unit emitting the electron beam and irradiating the powder material with the electron beam. When the preliminary heating is performed, the beam emitting unit performs irradiation with the electron beam along an irradiation path in a first direction and performs irradiation with the electron beam thereafter along an irradiation path in a second direction set at a jump distance from the irradiation path in the first direction as a direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta SHIONUMA
  • Publication number: 20200306867
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing device manufactures an additively manufactured article by preheating a powder material by irradiating the powder material with a charged particle beam and then melting the powder material by irradiating the powder material with the charged particle beam. The additive manufacturing device includes a beam emitting unit emitting the charged particle beam and irradiating the powder material with the charged particle beam, and a position detection unit detecting a position of scattering of the powder material when the powder material scatters by being irradiated with the charged particle beam. When the powder material scatters by being irradiated with the charged particle beam, the beam emitting unit emits the charged particle beam such that a thermal dose of the preheating is increased at the position of scattering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta SHIONUMA