US 12,186,985 B2
Additive manufacturing system and method
James A. DeMuth, Woburn, MA (US); Erik Toomre, Los Altos, CA (US); Francis L. Leard, Sudbury, MA (US); Kourosh Kamshad, Hudson, NH (US); Heiner Fees, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE); and Eugene Berdichevsky, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Seurat Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US)
Filed by Seurat Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,151.
Application 16/790,446 is a division of application No. 15/336,505, filed on Oct. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,596,626.
Application 18/310,151 is a continuation of application No. 16/790,446, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,666,971.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,841, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,969, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,780, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,783, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
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Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,989, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
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Claims priority of provisional application 62/248,791, filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311413 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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CPC B29C 64/264 (2017.08) [B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/34 (2021.01); B22F 10/36 (2021.01); B22F 10/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/226 (2021.01); B22F 12/30 (2021.01); B22F 12/33 (2021.01); B22F 12/38 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/70 (2021.01); B22F 12/88 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B23K 15/0093 (2013.01); B23K 15/06 (2013.01); B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B23K 26/0846 (2013.01); B23K 26/1224 (2015.10); B23K 26/123 (2013.01); B23K 26/127 (2013.01); B23K 26/142 (2015.10); B23K 26/144 (2015.10); B23K 26/16 (2013.01); B23K 26/36 (2013.01); B23K 26/702 (2015.10); B23K 26/703 (2015.10); B23K 26/704 (2015.10); B23K 37/0426 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/268 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G02B 7/14 (2013.01); G02B 7/16 (2013.01); G02B 7/1827 (2013.01); G02B 15/04 (2013.01); G02B 15/10 (2013.01); G02B 19/0028 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G02F 1/133362 (2013.01); G02F 1/135 (2013.01); H01S 5/005 (2013.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B22F 2003/248 (2013.01); B22F 10/10 (2021.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/47 (2021.01); B22F 10/50 (2021.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B22F 10/73 (2021.01); B22F 12/17 (2021.01); B22F 12/20 (2021.01); B22F 12/222 (2021.01); B22F 12/41 (2021.01); B22F 12/45 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B23K 15/0006 (2013.01); B23K 15/0013 (2013.01); B23K 15/002 (2013.01); B23K 15/0026 (2013.01); B23K 15/0086 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/03 (2013.01); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/083 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 37/0408 (2013.01); B23K 2101/001 (2018.08); B23K 2101/008 (2018.08); B23K 2101/02 (2018.08); B23K 2101/24 (2018.08); B23K 2103/00 (2018.08); B23K 2103/42 (2018.08); B23K 2103/50 (2018.08); B25J 11/00 (2013.01); B28B 1/001 (2013.01); B29K 2105/251 (2013.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 99/00 (2014.12); G02B 19/0047 (2013.01); G02B 27/0068 (2013.01); G02B 27/0905 (2013.01); G02B 27/108 (2013.01); G02B 27/141 (2013.01); G02B 27/283 (2013.01); G02B 27/286 (2013.01); G05B 17/02 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01); G07C 3/146 (2013.01); H01S 5/4012 (2013.01); Y02P 10/25 (2015.11); Y02P 80/40 (2015.11)] 12 Claims
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1. An additive manufacturing method, comprising:
providing an energy beam;
positioning an energy beam patterning device to receive the energy beam and emit light as a two-dimensional patterned beam, with the energy beam patterning device rejecting energy not required to form the two-dimensional patterned beam; and
reusing the rejected energy with a rejected energy handling device by performing one or more of:
relaying the rejected energy to an electricity generator;
relaying the rejected energy to a thermal management system;
recycling the rejected energy using beam shaping optics; and
directing the rejected energy to an article processing device to cause heating or further patterning of powdered material on a powder bed.