Patents by Inventor Samantha Taylor

Samantha Taylor 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for improved thermal monitoring by correlating infrared emissivity to surface topography
    Patent number: 11913839
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an improved method and apparatus for thermal monitoring for a metal additive manufacturing system. An emissivity value of a top surface of an object to be manufactured is determined based, at least in part, on an arithmetic product of a predetermined roughness value and a predetermined slope-related value. The predetermined roughness value and slope-related values are predetermined based, at least in part, on measurements of a previously manufactured object. The system sinters a metal to form the top surface of the object to be manufactured. An infrared sensor detects radiation from at least a portion of the top surface of the object to be manufactured. A temperature is generated based, at least in part, on the detected infrared radiation and the emissivity value and the generated temperature is applied to a temperature utilization component of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Samantha Taylor, Eric Christopher Forrest
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED THERMAL MONITORING BY CORRELATING INFRARED EMISSIVITY TO SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20210356325
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an improved method and apparatus for thermal monitoring for a metal additive manufacturing system. An emissivity value of a top surface of an object to be manufactured is determined based, at least in part, on an arithmetic product of a predetermined roughness value and a predetermined slope-related value. The predetermined roughness value and slope-related values are predetermined based, at least in part, on measurements of a previously manufactured object. The system sinters a metal to form the top surface of the object to be manufactured. An infrared sensor detects radiation from at least a portion of the top surface of the object to be manufactured. A temperature is generated based, at least in part, on the detected infrared radiation and the emissivity value and the generated temperature is applied to a temperature utilization component of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Samantha Taylor, Eric Christopher Forrest
  • POLYCRYSTALLINE CUBIC BORON NITRIDE BODY
    Publication number: 20200277187
    Abstract: A translucent polycrystalline cubic boron nitride body is provided. It comprises no more than 2 weight % hexagonal boron nitride grains and has an absorption coefficient of less than 100 cm?1 at a wavelength of 1064 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Antionette CAN, Holly Samantha TAYLOR, Douglas GEEKIE