Patents by Inventor Lance Bruce Shanklin

Lance Bruce Shanklin 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).

  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE SYSTEM USING LIGHT VALVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230347591
    Abstract: An object build area is exposed to a radiation beam, such as a laser light source, which has been processed and controlled through a grating light valve or valves, or planar light valve, to thereby melt, sinter, fuse or cure predetermined portions of the build area corresponding to the equivalent of individually controlled pixels, with rapid movement and positioning of the resulting LV application output array on the build area. The LV arrangement is adapted to also generally heat an entire powder bed, or targeted areas of the bed, to just below melting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: EOS of North America, Inc., AM Ventures Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Donald Lewis Vanelli, Lance Bruce Shanklin, Gregory Richard Hayes, Hakan Pfeiffer
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE SYSTEM USING LIGHT VALVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190202122
    Abstract: An object build area is exposed to a radiation beam, such as a laser light source, which has been processed and controlled through a grating light valve or valves, or planar light valve, to thereby melt, sinter, fuse or cure predetermined portions of the build area corresponding to the equivalent of individually controlled pixels, with rapid movement and positioning of the resulting LV application output array on the build area. The LV arrangement is adapted to also generally heat an entire powder bed, or targeted areas of the bed, to just below melting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: EOS of North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Lewis Vanelli, Lance Bruce Shanklin, Gregory Richard Hayes, Hakan Pfeiffer