Patents by Inventor Mark Samuel KIRBY

Mark Samuel KIRBY 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 MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180345414
    Abstract: A method of building a workpiece in an additive manufacturing process, in which the workpiece is built through layer-by-layer solidification of material. The method includes, for a bridging layer in which an area to be solidified bridges material solidified as separate islands in an immediately preceding layer, first, solidifying separated portions of the area, each separated portion connected with a different one of the islands of the preceding layer, and then solidifying material between the separated portions to join the separated portions together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Ramkumar REVANUR, Ceri BROWN, Michael Joseph MCCLELLAND, Mark Samuel KIRBY