Patents by Inventor Steven Hubert RENGERS

Steven Hubert RENGERS 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).

  • POWDER RECIRCULATING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170036404
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a support surface configured to support a build platform thereon; a powder dispenser disposed above the support surface, the powder dispenser configured to dispense powder, and movable laterally over the support surface; a scraper moveable over the build platform and configured to scrape powder dispensed thereon by the powder dispenser, so as to provide a layer increment of powder above the build platform; and a directed energy source configured to melt and fuse the layer increment of powder in predetermined pattern so as to form a part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Hubert RENGERS, Christian Xavier STEVENSON, Charles Michael WELSH