Patents by Inventor Tom Gaide

Tom Gaide 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).

  • Publication number: 20240150551
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, articles, and methods related to altering electromagnetic radiation. An actinic radiation curable precursor composition of a three-dimensional article includes a) a resin comprising an actinic radiation curable component, wherein the resin has a viscosity no greater than 500 cP; b) hollow glass microspheres having a density no greater than 2 g/mL and an average diameter no greater than 200 micrometers; and c) a photoinitiator. At least part of the surface of the hollow glass microspheres comprises a surface coating or modification. An article includes a photo(co)polymerization reaction product of the composition. A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional article includes the steps of a) providing an actinic radiation curable precursor composition; and b) selectively exposing a portion of the composition to a source of actinic radiation to at least partially cure the exposed portion of the composition, thereby forming a cured layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Tom Gaide, Jens Eichler, Christian Weinmann, Friedrich M. Wolff, Stefan V. Friedrich, Karoline Anne Ostrowski, Adrian S. Eckert, Michael H. Stalder, Philipp Jurgen Semmler, Badri Veeraraghavan, Klaus Hintzer, Jennifer J. Sokol
  • Publication number: 20240136730
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, articles, and apparatuses related to altering electromagnetic radiation. A method of making articles includes a) forming an electromagnetic radiation altering material by providing a polymer matrix and optionally embedding dielectric particles in the polymer matrix and b) obtaining initial dielectric properties of the electromagnetic radiation altering material. The method further includes c) modeling electromagnetic radiation altering features of the material suitable for the article obtained from the material to have target electromagnetic radiation altering properties, thereby obtaining a simulation of the electromagnetic radiation altering article; and d) additive manufacturing the electromagnetic radiation altering article based on the simulation of the electromagnetic radiation altering article. An electromagnetic radiation altering article obtained by the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jens Eichler, Christian Weinmann, Tom Gaide, Michael H. Stalder, Sebastian Eggert-Richter