Patents by Inventor Omar Al-Khayat

Omar Al-Khayat 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).

  • Apparatus for fabricating an object
    Patent number: 11123917
    Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating an object on a substrate, the apparatus including a plurality of nozzles arranged in an array and each nozzle being in communication with a supply of build material and configured to expel a quantity of the build material therefrom, and also including a controller configured to selectively operate each nozzle to deposit a portion of the build material, responsive to data relating to a geometry of the object. During operation, the controller selectively operates at least some of the nozzles to deposit portions of the build material in specific locations corresponding with the object geometry, wherein at least one of the portions abuts the substrate and the portions are progressively deposited until the portions form the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: LAING O'ROURKE AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: James Bruce Gardiner, Nathan Graham Edward Kirchner, Omar Al-Khayat
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN OBJECT
    Publication number: 20180370117
    Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating an object on a substrate, the apparatus including a plurality of nozzles arranged in an array and each nozzle being in communication with a supply of build material and configured to expel a quantity of the build material therefrom, and also including a controller configured to selectively operate each nozzle to deposit a portion of the build material, responsive to data relating to a geometry of the object. During operation, the controller selectively operates at least some of the nozzles to deposit portions of the build material in specific locations corresponding with the object geometry, wherein at least one of the portions abuts the substrate and the portions are progressively deposited until the portions form the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: James Bruce Gardiner, Nathan Graham Edward Kirchner, Omar Al-Khayat