Patents by Inventor Tim Deluca

Tim Deluca 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).

  • Increased material flow throughput in large scale additive manufacturing through movable segmented build platform
    Patent number: 11267201
    Abstract: An assembly for additive manufacturing includes a build housing including a base, a print head, and a print head support connected to the base for supporting the print head above the base. A driver system is provided for moving the print head and the base relative to one another. A build platform comprising a build support and at least one platen. The build support can be detachably engageable to the housing. The platens can be detachably engageable to the build support. The build support can include registration structure for registering the position of the build support relative to the build housing. A method of additive manufacturing is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Vlastimil Kunc, Ahmed A. Hassen, Brian K. Post, David W. Nuttall, John M. Lindahl, Lonnie J. Love, Tim Deluca, Mike Walch, Benjamin J. Hedger
  • INCREASED MATERIAL FLOW THROUGHPUT IN LARGE SCALE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING THROUGH MOVABLE SEGMENTED BUILD PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20200290276
    Abstract: An assembly for additive manufacturing includes a build housing including a base, a print head, and a print head support connected to the base for supporting the print head above the base. A driver system is provided for moving the print head and the base relative to one another. A build platform comprising a build support and at least one platen. The build support can be detachably engageable to the housing. The platens can be detachably engageable to the build support. The build support can include registration structure for registering the position of the build support relative to the build housing. A method of additive manufacturing is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Vlastimil Kunc, Ahmed A. Hassen, Brian K. Post, David W. Nuttall, John M. Lindahl, Lonnie J. Love, Tim Deluca, Mike Walch, Benjamin J. Hedger