Patents by Inventor Nicholas Ryan Dodds

Nicholas Ryan Dodds 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).

  • RECOATER FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20250296150
    Abstract: A recoater for an additive manufacturing apparatus includes a recoater arm and retainer operably coupled with the recoater arm. The retainer includes a housing defining a cavity. A blade carrier supports one or more blades. An actuator is operably coupled with the housing and is configured to compressively retain an upper portion of the blade carrier within the cavity between a slide of the actuator and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Ryan William Van Deest, David Scott Simmermon, Nicholas Ryan Dodds, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby
  • Recoater for additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 12377469
    Abstract: A recoater for an additive manufacturing apparatus includes a recoater arm and retainer operably coupled with the recoater arm. The retainer includes a housing defining a cavity. A blade carrier supports one or more blades. An actuator is operably coupled with the housing and is configured to compressively retain an upper portion of the blade carrier within the cavity between a slide of the actuator and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ryan William Van Deest, David Scott Simmermon, Nicholas Ryan Dodds, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE AND METHOD WITH IN-SITU DOSING RATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230001642
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing machine having a build vessel defining a work surface is provided. The additive manufacturing machine includes a build unit including a powder dispenser assembly defining a powder reservoir that receives additive powder; a positioning system adapted to provide independent movement of at least one of the build unit and the work surface with respect to one another in at least two dimensions; and a dosing rate measurement device in communication with the powder dispenser assembly, wherein the dosing rate measurement device measures a dosing rate of the additive powder in-situ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Adam Garret Susong, Ryan William Van Deest, Aaron L. Van Camp, Nicholas Ryan Dodds, James Henry Bossart
  • RECOATER FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20220281011
    Abstract: A recoater for an additive manufacturing apparatus includes a recoater arm and retainer operably coupled with the recoater arm. The retainer includes a housing defining a cavity. A blade carrier supports one or more blades. An actuator is operably coupled with the housing and is configured to compressively retain an upper portion of the blade carrier within the cavity between a slide of the actuator and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan William Van Deest, David Scott Simmermon, Nicholas Ryan Dodds, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby