Patents by Inventor William Cosmo Murphy

William Cosmo Murphy 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).

  • Resin distribution and maintenance system
    Patent number: 11794409
    Abstract: A method is provided for maintaining resin in a system including a main feed tank and at least one vat, each of the at least one vats associated with a 3-D printing machine. The method includes the steps of: transferring resin from the main feed tank to the at least one vat; operating the associated 3-D printing machine in a build cycle; returning the resin from the at least one vat to the main feed tank; and repeating in a cycle the steps of transferring the resin, operating the 3-D printing machine, and returning the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephanie Lynn DePalma, William Cosmo Murphy, Travis Sands
  • CLEANING FLUIDS FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220242130
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William C. Alberts, Vadim Bromberg, Kwok Pong Chan, Robert Edgar Estes, Jacob Mayer, Joshua Tyler Mook, Janet Mekker, William Cosmo Murphy, Arunkumar Natarjan, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Xi Yang, Travis Sands
  • RESIN DISTRIBUTION AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190389131
    Abstract: A method is provided for maintaining resin in a system including a main feed tank and at least one vat, each of the at least one vats associated with a 3-D printing machine. The method includes the steps of: transferring resin from the main feed tank to the at least one vat; operating the associated 3-D printing machine in a build cycle; returning the resin from the at least one vat to the main feed tank; and repeating in a cycle the steps of transferring the resin, operating the 3-D printing machine, and returning the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Stephanie Lynn DePalma, William Cosmo Murphy, Travis Sands
  • Resin distribution and maintenance system
    Patent number: 10442134
    Abstract: A method is provided for maintaining resin in a system including a main feed tank and at least one vat, each of the at least one vats associated with a 3-D printing machine. The method includes the steps of: transferring resin from the main feed tank to the at least one vat; operating the associated 3-D printing machine in a build cycle; returning the resin from the at least one vat to the main feed tank; and repeating in a cycle the steps of transferring the resin, operating the 3-D printing machine, and returning the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephanie Lynn Depalma, William Cosmo Murphy, Travis Sands
  • RESIN DISTRIBUTION AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180029311
    Abstract: A method is provided for maintaining resin in a system including a main feed tank and at least one vat, each of the at least one vats associated with a 3-D printing machine. The method includes the steps of: transferring resin from the main feed tank to the at least one vat; operating the associated 3-D printing machine in a build cycle; returning the resin from the at least one vat to the main feed tank; and repeating in a cycle the steps of transferring the resin, operating the 3-D printing machine, and returning the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Stephanie Lynn Depalma, William Cosmo Murphy, Travis Sands