Patents by Inventor Leah Marie Heist

Leah Marie Heist 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 of reducing distortion of additively manufactured objects
    Patent number: 11504905
    Abstract: A method of making a three-dimensional object (11) from a light polymerizable dual cure resin (16), includes the steps of: (a) producing a green intermediate object by light polymerization of the resin in a stereolithography process (e.g., continuous liquid interface production); (i) the object comprising a body portion and a circumferential boundary portion (12) included in at least part of the body portion i (ii) the stereolithography process including overexposing the boundary portion (as compared to the exposure of the body portion) with light; (b) cleaning the intermediate object; and then (c) baking the object to produce the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Laaker, Leah Marie Heist, Bob E. Feller
  • METHODS OF REDUCING DISTORTION OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20210114287
    Abstract: A method of making a three-dimensional object (11) from a light polymerizable dual cure resin (16), includes the steps of: (a) producing a green intermediate object by light polymerization of the resin in a stereolithography process(e.g., continuous liquid interface production);(i) the object comprising a body portion and a circumferential boundary portion (12) included in at least part of the body portion i(ii)the stereolithography process including overexposing the boundary portion (as compared to the exposure of the body portion) with light; (b) cleaning the intermediate object; and then (c) baking the object to produce the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kyle Laaker, Leah Marie Heist, Bob E. Feller