Patents by Inventor Will Otaluka

Will Otaluka 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED PART FROM ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20200009646
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a directionally solidified article of the present disclosure includes providing a collection of particulate material and additively manufacturing a first article with an outer wall from the particulate material. The outer wall defines at least part of a cavity. The cavity contains an amount of the particulate material. The method also includes encasing at least a portion of the first article with an outer member. The outer member defines an internal cavity that corresponds to the first article. The method further includes heating the outer member and the first article to melt the first article into a molten mass within the internal cavity of the outer member. Additionally, the method includes solidifying the molten mass along a predetermined solidification path within the outer member to form a second article that corresponds to at least a portion of the internal cavity of the outer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Don Mittendorf, Tho X. Bui, Will Otaluka, Edwin Martinez, John Woodward, Yathiraj Kasal
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED PART FROM ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20180036796
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a directionally solidified article of the present disclosure includes providing a collection of particulate material and additively manufacturing a first article with an outer wall from the particulate material. The outer wall defines at least part of a cavity. The cavity contains an amount of the particulate material. The method also includes encasing at least a portion of the first article with an outer member. The outer member defines an internal cavity that corresponds to the first article. The method further includes heating the outer member and the first article to melt the first article into a molten mass within the internal cavity of the outer member. Additionally, the method includes solidifying the molten mass along a predetermined solidification path within the outer member to form a second article that corresponds to at least a portion of the internal cavity of the outer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Don Mittendorf, Tho X. Bui, Will Otaluka, Edwin Martinez, John Woodward, Yathiraj Kasal