Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmitting and detecting light with optical fiber during sintering
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Application No.: US16972109Application Date: 2019-01-04
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Publication No.: US11668528B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: John Liebeskind , Andrew L. Van Brocklin , David Champion
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sprint
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/US2019/012432 2019.01.04
- International Announcement: WO2020/142106A 2020.07.09
- Date entered country: 2020-12-04
- Main IPC: F27D21/02
- IPC: F27D21/02 ; B22F3/00 ; B22F3/10 ; C03C13/04 ; F27B17/00 ; F27B17/02 ; G01N21/55 ; F21V8/00 ; C21D1/34 ; C21D11/00 ; B22F3/22 ; G01N21/84

Abstract:
In an example implementation, a sintering system includes optical fiber installed into a sintering furnace. A support structure inside the furnace is to support a token green object in a predetermined position and to hold a distal end of the fiber adjacent to the predetermined position. A light source is operably engaged at a proximal end of the fiber to transmit light through the fiber into the furnace. A light detector is operably engaged at the proximal end of the fiber to receive reflected light through the fiber that scatters off a surface of the token green object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210325113A1 TRANSMITTING AND DETECTING LIGHT WITH OPTICAL FIBER DURING SINTERING Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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