Additive manufacturing apparatuses and methods for using the same

US12076918B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Vadim Bromberg · Niskayuna, US
• John Sterle · Clifton Park, US
• Victor Fulton · Amelia, US
• Tyler Andrew Griffith · Norwood, US
• Peter Douglas Lueschen · Covington, US
• Carlos H. Bonilla · Lebanon, US
• Joseph Lucian Smolenski · Slingerlands, US
• Timothy Francis Andrews · Sharonville, US
• Younkoo Jeong · Clifton Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2020
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2024
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P10/25
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Additive manufacturing apparatuses are disclosed. In one embodiment, an additive manufacturing apparatus may comprise a support chassis including a print bay, a build bay, and a material supply bay. Each bay may comprise an upper compartment and a lower compartment. A working surface may separate each of the print bay, the build bay, and the material supply bay into the upper compartment and the lower compartment, wherein: the build bay may be disposed between the print bay and the material supply bay. The lower compartment of the build bay comprises bulkheads sealing the lower compartment of the build bay from the lower compartment of the print bay and the lower compartment of the material supply bay.