Patents by Inventor Phil HOYLE

Phil HOYLE 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).

  • Charged particle beam steering arrangement
    Patent number: 10854422
    Abstract: A method of forming a product using additive layer manufacture is provided. The method comprises forming the product as a series of layers, each layer being formed by fusing powder deposited as a powder bed by scanning the powder bed using a charged particle beam to form a desired layer shape. For each layer, the powder is fused by melting successive areas of the powder bed by scanning the charged particle beam using a combination of a relatively long-range deflector and a relatively short-range deflector, wherein the relatively long-range deflector deflects the charged particle beam over a larger deflection angle than the short-range deflector. Also provided are a corresponding charged particle optical assembly, and an additive layer manufacturing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: RELIANCE PRECISION LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Crosland, Andrew McClelland, Phil Hoyle, Ian Laidler
  • CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM STEERING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20190252152
    Abstract: A method of forming a product using additive layer manufacture is provided. The method comprises forming the product as a series of layers, each layer being formed by fusing powder deposited as a powder bed by scanning the powder bed using a charged particle beam to form a desired layer shape. For each layer, the powder is fused by melting successive areas of the powder bed by scanning the charged particle beam using a combination of a relatively long-range deflector and a relatively short-range deflector, wherein the relatively long-range deflector deflects the charged particle beam over a larger deflection angle than the short-range deflector. Also provided are a corresponding charged particle optical assembly, and an additive layer manufacturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Nigel CROSLAND, Andrew MCCLELLAND, Phil HOYLE, Ian LAIDLER