Patents by Inventor Ray Joshua Bohon

Ray Joshua Bohon 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 material analysis system and related method
    Patent number: 10814391
    Abstract: Various aspects include systems and methods for analyzing materials in additive manufacturing processes. In some cases, a system includes: an additive manufacturing (AM) printer for printing an AM object, the AM printer including a raw material chamber and a build chamber; a control system coupled with the AM printer configured to control the printing of the AM object; and a material analysis system coupled with the control system and the AM printer, the material analysis system configured to analyze a raw material obtained directly from at least one of the raw material chamber or the build chamber for a defect prior to, or contemporaneously with, additively manufacturing the AM component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donnell Eugene Crear, Ray Joshua Bohon, Steven Charles Woods
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MATERIAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20180071821
    Abstract: Various aspects include systems and methods for analyzing materials in additive manufacturing processes. In some cases, a system includes: an additive manufacturing (AM) printer for printing an AM object, the AM printer including a raw material chamber and a build chamber; a control system coupled with the AM printer configured to control the printing of the AM object; and a material analysis system coupled with the control system and the AM printer, the material analysis system configured to analyze a raw material obtained directly from at least one of the raw material chamber or the build chamber for a defect prior to, or contemporaneously with, additively manufacturing the AM component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Donnell Eugene Crear, Ray Joshua Bohon, Steven Charles Woods