US 11,926,106 B2
Additively manufactured component having surface features for part identification
Scott Alan Gold, West Chester, OH (US); and Thomas Graham Spears, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,049.
Application 17/374,049 is a division of application No. 15/479,339, filed on Apr. 5, 2017, granted, now 11,090,727.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339317 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B22F 10/25 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 10/38 (2021.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/40 (2017.08) [B22F 10/25 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 10/38 (2021.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); Y02P 10/25 (2015.11)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An additively manufactured component comprising:
one or more cross sectional layers defining a surface having a surface roughness;
a datum feature defined by the surface; and
a surface irregularity defined by the surface,
wherein the surface irregularity has a size that is greater than the surface roughness of the surface and is less than one millimeter,
wherein the surface irregularity is at a predetermined location relative to the datum feature, the datum feature indicating a position of the predetermined location,
wherein the datum feature has a size that is greater than about one millimeter, and
wherein the surface irregularity comprises a surface aberration that defines encoded information.