Patents by Inventor William MacNeish

William MacNeish 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: 20220072778
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik, Luke Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20220032542
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Publication number: 20220001610
    Abstract: The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a print head for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least two proximate hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing, each of the two hobs comprising two halves, wherein each of the hob halves comprises teeth that are offset with respect to the teeth of the opposing hob half; a motor capable of imparting a rotation to at least one of the two hobs, wherein the extrusion results from the rotation; and an interface to a hot end capable of outputting the print material filament after at least partial liquification to perform the additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Publication number: 20220001617
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik GJovik
  • Publication number: 20220001609
    Abstract: The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a print head for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least two proximate hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing, each of the two hobs comprising two halves, wherein each of the hob halves comprises teeth that are offset with respect to the teeth of the opposing hob half; a motor capable of imparting a rotation to at least one of the two hobs, wherein the extrusion results from the rotation; and an interface to a hot end capable of outputting the print material filament after at least partial liquification to perform the additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Publication number: 20220001618
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik GJovik
  • Publication number: 20220001611
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik GJovik
  • Publication number: 20220001616
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Patent number: 11192309
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods capable of controlling an additive manufacturing print process on an additive manufacturing printer. The disclosed embodiments may include: a plurality of sensors capable of monitoring at least one of an input of print filament to a print head of the printer, and a temperature of a nozzle of the printer, as indicative of a state of the additive manufacturing print process; at least one processor associated with at least one controller and capable of receiving sensor data regarding the monitoring from the plurality of sensors, and comprising non-transitory computing code for applying to the sensor data at least one correct one of the state of the additive manufacturing print process; a comparator embedded in the non-transitory computing code for assessing a lack of compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state; and at least one modifying output of the at least one controller to revise the compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Publication number: 20210362434
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods capable of controlling an additive manufacturing print process on an additive manufacturing printer. The disclosed embodiments may include: a plurality of sensors capable of monitoring at least one of an input of print filament to a print head of the printer, and a temperature of a nozzle of the printer, as indicative of a state of the additive manufacturing print process; at least one processor associated with at least one controller and capable of receiving sensor data regarding the monitoring from the plurality of sensors, and comprising non-transitory computing code for applying to the sensor data at least one correct one of the state of the additive manufacturing print process; a comparator embedded in the non-transitory computing code for assessing a lack of compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state; and at least one modifying output of the at least one controller to revise the compliance of the print process to the correct one of the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Publication number: 20210260823
    Abstract: The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a print head for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least two proximate hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing, each of the two hobs comprising two halves, wherein each of the hob halves comprises teeth that are offset with respect to the teeth of the opposing hob half; a motor capable of imparting a rotation to at least one of the two hobs, wherein the extrusion results from the rotation; and an interface to a hot end capable of outputting the print material filament after at least partial liquification to perform the additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Patent number: 10919223
    Abstract: The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a print head for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least two proximate hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing, each of the two hobs comprising two halves, wherein each of the hob halves comprises teeth that are offset with respect to the teeth of the opposing hob half; a motor capable of imparting a rotation to at least one of the two hobs, wherein the extrusion results from the rotation; and an interface to a hot end capable of outputting the print material filament after at least partial liquification to perform the additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Patent number: 10919221
    Abstract: The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a print head for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least two proximate hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing, each of the two hobs comprising two halves, wherein each of the hob halves comprises teeth that are offset with respect to the teeth of the opposing hob half; a motor capable of imparting a rotation to at least one of the two hobs, wherein the extrusion results from the rotation; and an interface to a hot end capable of outputting the print material filament after at least partial liquification to perform the additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
  • Patent number: 10406754
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods provide at least a controller for a print server which executes at least one additive manufacturing print process on an additive manufacturing printer. The disclosed embodiments may include a plurality of sensors capable of monitoring at least one of a build perimeter, a build height, and a build volume for an additive print build resultant from the additive manufacturing print; at least one processor associated with the print server and capable of receiving sensor data regarding the monitoring from the plurality of sensors, and comprising non-transitory computing code for applying to the sensor data a print process plan indicative of the additive print build; a comparator embedded in the non-transitory computing code for assessing a lack of compliance by the additive print build to the print process plan; and at least one modified output of the additive manufacturing print suitable to revise the compliance of the additive print build to the print process plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: William MacNeish, Erik Gjovik