Patents by Inventor Len Wanger

Len Wanger 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).

  • Method and apparatus for stacker module for automated composite-based additive manufacturing machine
    Patent number: 10934120
    Abstract: A stacker component of an apparatus for automated manufacturing of three-dimensional composite-based objects for aligning registration of sheets. The stacker includes a sheet catcher; a frame having a base plate with the base plate having tapered registration pins to align a stack of substrate sheets. The registration pins are mounted in the base plate and project vertically to a location just below the sheet catcher. The stacker also has a presser with a press plate and a belt driver system that moves the press plate up and down allowing the press plate to exert downward pressure on the stack and a slide system with two guide rails that enable the base plate to be loaded and unloaded. A conveyor can be disposed so that after a substrate sheet exits a powder or printing system, the sheet is conveyed onto the sheet catcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Impossible Objects, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Swartz, Eugene Gore, Len Wanger, Chris Wagner, Brian Conti
  • Method and Apparatus for Stacker Module for Automated Composite-Based Additive Manufacturing Machine
    Publication number: 20200223653
    Abstract: A stacker component of an apparatus for automated manufacturing of three-dimensional composite-based objects for aligning registration of sheets. The stacker includes a sheet catcher; a frame having a base plate with the base plate having tapered registration pins to align a stack of substrate sheets. The registration pins are mounted in the base plate and project vertically to a location just below the sheet catcher. The stacker also has a presser with a press plate and a belt driver system that moves the press plate up and down allowing the press plate to exert downward pressure on the stack and a slide system with two guide rails that enable the base plate to be loaded and unloaded. A conveyor can be disposed so that after a substrate sheet exits a powder or printing system, the sheet is conveyed onto the sheet catcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Impossible Objects, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Swartz, Eugene Gore, Len Wanger, Chris Wagner, Brian Conti
  • Method and apparatus for stacker module for automated composite-based additive manufacturing machine
    Patent number: 10597249
    Abstract: A stacker component of an apparatus for automated manufacturing of three-dimensional composite-based objects for aligning registration of sheets. The stacker includes a sheet catcher; a frame having a base plate with the base plate having tapered registration pins to align a stack of substrate sheets. The registration pins are mounted in the base plate and project vertically to a location just below the sheet catcher. The stacker also has a presser with a press plate and a belt driver system that moves the press plate up and down allowing the press plate to exert downward pressure on the stack and a slide system with two guide rails that enable the base plate to be loaded and unloaded. A conveyor can be disposed so that after a substrate sheet exits a powder or printing system, the sheet is conveyed onto the sheet catcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Impossible Objects, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Swartz, Eugene Gore, Len Wanger, Chris Wagner, Brian Conti
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STACKER MODULE FOR AUTOMATED COMPOSITE-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20190134890
    Abstract: A stacker component of an apparatus for automated manufacturing of three-dimensional composite-based objects for aligning registration of sheets. The stacker includes a sheet catcher; a frame having a base plate with the base plate having tapered registration pins to align a stack of substrate sheets. The registration pins are mounted in the base plate and project vertically to a location just below the sheet catcher. The stacker also has a presser with a press plate and a belt driver system that moves the press plate up and down allowing the press plate to exert downward pressure on the stack and a slide system with two guide rails that enable the base plate to be loaded and unloaded. A conveyor can be disposed so that after a substrate sheet exits a powder or printing system, the sheet is conveyed onto the sheet catcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Impossible Objects, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Swartz, Eugene Gore, Len Wanger, Chris Wagner, Brian Conti