Patents by Inventor Steven Todd LaPlant
Steven Todd LaPlant 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).
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Publication number: 20240424736Abstract: Systems and methods for using a non-stick conductive material to automate tool touch-off in an additive manufacturing process are provided. A substrate comprises a first conductive layer, an intermediate binder layer, and a second non-stick conductive layer. The non-stick conductive layer may comprise perfluoroalkoxy alkanes and carbon nanotubes. An electrical connection may be made between the first conductive layer and the second non-stick conductive layer. When used with an additive manufacturing device, when the nozzle of the device contacts the substrate, a circuit may close resulting in a detectable voltage drop. When the voltage drop is detected, a reference point for the additive manufacturing device may be set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Matthew Wayne Trimmer, Nicholas Christopher Ogden, Mark Douglas Smith, Ruben Arturo Pino
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Publication number: 20240399383Abstract: A tool for feeding material into a mill having a roller and forming a nip gap. The tool broadly comprises a baseplate, a guide plate, and a ram. The baseplate is configured to be positioned on the mill over the roller and forms a slot. The guide plate is configured to be positioned in the slot of the baseplate near the nip gap. The guide plate forms a chute for feeding the material into the nip gap. The ram is configured to be inserted into the chute to urge the material into the nip gap while preventing a user's fingers and other foreign objects from nearing the nip gap through the chute.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Benjamin Douglas Williams, James Peter Hickson, Steven Todd LaPlant, Phillip C. Davis
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Patent number: 12103234Abstract: Systems and methods for using a non-stick conductive material to automate tool touch-off in an additive manufacturing process are provided. A substrate comprises a first conductive layer, an intermediate binder layer, and a second non-stick conductive layer. The non-stick conductive layer may comprise perfluoroalkoxy alkanes and carbon nanotubes. An electrical connection may be made between the first conductive layer and the second non-stick conductive layer. When used with an additive manufacturing device, when the nozzle of the device contacts the substrate, a circuit may close resulting in a detectable voltage drop. When the voltage drop is detected, a reference point for the additive manufacturing device may be set.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Matthew Wayne Trimmer, Nicholas Christopher Ogden, Mark Douglas Smith, Ruben Arturo Pino
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Patent number: 12090489Abstract: A tool for feeding material into a mill having a roller and forming a nip gap. The tool broadly comprises a baseplate, a guide plate, and a ram. The baseplate is configured to be positioned on the mill over the roller and forms a slot. The guide plate is configured to be positioned in the slot of the baseplate near the nip gap. The guide plate forms a chute for feeding the material into the nip gap. The ram is configured to be inserted into the chute to urge the material into the nip gap while preventing a user's fingers and other foreign objects from nearing the nip gap through the chute.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Benjamin Douglas Williams, James Peter Hickson, Steven Todd LaPlant, Phillip C. Davis
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Patent number: 11872749Abstract: A system and method of additively manufacturing a part via salt micro-spheres. The method includes mixing salt micro-spheres with an additive manufacturing material to form an additive manufacturing material mixture. The additive manufacturing material mixture is deposited on a build platform layer by layer and cured so as to create a structure having pores formed by the salt micro-spheres. The salt micro-spheres may then be dissolved and flushed from the pores.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Michael Joseph Batrick, Ruben Arturo Pino
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Publication number: 20230173501Abstract: A tool for feeding material into a mill having a roller and forming a nip gap. The tool broadly comprises a baseplate, a guide plate, and a ram. The baseplate is configured to be positioned on the mill over the roller and forms a slot. The guide plate is configured to be positioned in the slot of the baseplate near the nip gap. The guide plate forms a chute for feeding the material into the nip gap. The ram is configured to be inserted into the chute to urge the material into the nip gap while preventing a user's fingers and other foreign objects from nearing the nip gap through the chute.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Benjamin Douglas Williams, James Peter Hickson, Steven Todd LaPlant, Phillip C. Davis
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Publication number: 20230022706Abstract: Systems and methods for using a non-stick conductive material to automate tool touch-off in an additive manufacturing process are provided. A substrate comprises a first conductive layer, an intermediate binder layer, and a second non-stick conductive layer. The non-stick conductive layer may comprise perfluoroalkoxy alkanes and carbon nanotubes. An electrical connection may be made between the first conductive layer and the second non-stick conductive layer. When used with an additive manufacturing device, when the nozzle of the device contacts the substrate, a circuit may close resulting in a detectable voltage drop. When the voltage drop is detected, a reference point for the additive manufacturing device may be set.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Matthew Wayne Trimmer, Nicholas Christopher Ogden, Mark Douglas Smith, Ruben Arturo Pino
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Publication number: 20220258415Abstract: A system and method of additively manufacturing a part via salt micro-spheres. The method includes mixing salt micro-spheres with an additive manufacturing material to form an additive manufacturing material mixture. The additive manufacturing material mixture is deposited on a build platform layer by layer and cured so as to create a structure having pores formed by the salt micro-spheres. The salt micro-spheres may then be dissolved and flushed from the pores.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Michael Joseph Batrick, Ruben Arturo Pino
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Publication number: 20210138726Abstract: A system and method of additively manufacturing a part via salt micro-spheres. The method includes mixing salt micro-spheres with an additive manufacturing material to form an additive manufacturing material mixture. The additive manufacturing material mixture is deposited on a build platform layer by layer and cured so as to create a structure having pores formed by the salt micro-spheres. The salt micro-spheres may then be dissolved and flushed from the pores.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Michael Joseph Batrick, Ruben Arturo Pino
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Patent number: 10888932Abstract: An assembly and method for drilling micro holes in a tube including an outer wall having opposing open ends and forming an inner channel. The method includes the steps of submerging the tube in water so the water fills the inner channel, retaining the water in the inner channel, freezing the water in the inner channel so as to form an ice backing in the inner channel, and drilling through the outer wall such that the ice backing supports the outer wall and prevents the outer wall from deforming or distorting near the hole location.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Dillon James McCullough, Suzanne Christina Varughese, Mark Alexander Stich
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Publication number: 20200398349Abstract: An assembly and method for drilling micro holes in a tube including an outer wall having opposing open ends and forming an inner channel. The method includes the steps of submerging the tube in water so the water fills the inner channel, retaining the water in the inner channel, freezing the water in the inner channel so as to form an ice backing in the inner channel, and drilling through the outer wall such that the ice backing supports the outer wall and prevents the outer wall from deforming or distorting near the hole location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Dillon James McCullough, Suzanne Christina Varughese, Mark Alexander Stich
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Patent number: 10366843Abstract: A structural capacitor and method for manufacturing the structural capacitor. A first layer of nonconductive fiber glass may be formed into a desired shape of the structural capacitor, and then a conductive layer made of carbon fiber pre-impregnated material may be placed on the fiber glass layer. A dielectric layer of parylene may then be coated onto the conductive layer using a conformal vapor deposition process. More conductive and dielectric layers may be added in alternating succession until desired structural and/or electrical properties are achieved. A final layer of fiber glass may then be applied and the resulting structural capacitor may be cured.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Daniel John Salzman
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Patent number: 10186384Abstract: A structural capacitor and method for manufacturing the structural capacitor. A first layer of nonconductive fiber glass may be formed into a desired shape of the structural capacitor, and then a conductive layer made of carbon fiber pre-impregnated material may be placed on the fiber glass layer. A dielectric layer of parylene may then be coated onto the conductive layer using a conformal vapor deposition process. More conductive and dielectric layers may be added in alternating succession until desired structural and/or electrical properties are achieved. A final layer of fiber glass may then be applied and the resulting structural capacitor may be cured.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Daniel John Salzman
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Publication number: 20180166224Abstract: A structural capacitor and method for manufacturing the structural capacitor. A first layer of nonconductive fiber glass may be formed into a desired shape of the structural capacitor, and then a conductive layer made of carbon fiber pre-impregnated material may be placed on the fiber glass layer. A dielectric layer of parylene may then be coated onto the conductive layer using a conformal vapor deposition process. More conductive and dielectric layers may be added in alternating succession until desired structural and/or electrical properties are achieved. A final layer of fiber glass may then be applied and the resulting structural capacitor may be cured.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Daniel John Salzman