Patents by Inventor Mark Gingerich

Mark Gingerich 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING AND REPAIR USING ULTRASONIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH A CONTOURED SONOTRODE
    Publication number: 20230302568
    Abstract: An ultrasonic additive manufacturing system may include a base structure, a sonotrode configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, and one or more transducers configured to vibrate the sonotrode. The sonotrode may include a welding surface extending along a circumference of the sonotrode, and the welding surface may have a contoured profile. At least one of the sonotrode and the base structure may be configured to translate relative to the other of the sonotrode and the base structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Marcelo Dapino, Leon Headings, Mark Gingerich
  • Systems and methods for joining and repair using ultrasonic additive manufacturing with a contoured sonotrode
    Patent number: 11697172
    Abstract: An ultrasonic additive manufacturing system may include a base structure, a sonotrode configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, and one or more transducers configured to vibrate the sonotrode. The sonotrode may include a welding surface extending along a circumference of the sonotrode, and the welding surface may have a contoured profile. At least one of the sonotrode and the base structure may be configured to translate relative to the other of the sonotrode and the base structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Marcelo Dapino, Leon Headings, Mark Gingerich
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING AND REPAIR USING ULTRASONIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH A CONTOURED SONOTRODE
    Publication number: 20210069822
    Abstract: An ultrasonic additive manufacturing system may include a base structure, a sonotrode configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, and one or more transducers configured to vibrate the sonotrode. The sonotrode may include a welding surface extending along a circumference of the sonotrode, and the welding surface may have a contoured profile. At least one of the sonotrode and the base structure may be configured to translate relative to the other of the sonotrode and the base structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Marcelo Dapino, Leon Headings, Mark Gingerich