公开(公告)号：US11230032B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-25

申请号：US16383105

申请日：2019-04-12

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Brian K. Post ,  Lonnie J. Love ,  Randall F. Lind ,  Phillip C. Chesser ,  Alex C. Roschli

IPC分类号： B33Y30/00 ,  B28B1/00 ,  E04B1/35 ,  B33Y10/00

摘要： A cable-driven additive manufacturing system includes an end effector configured for linear translation within a three-dimensional workspace, an aerial hoist suspending the end effector by at least one suspension cable, a plurality of base stations disposed below the aerial hoist, and control cables running from each of the base stations to the end effector.

公开(公告)号：US11097473B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16059896

申请日：2018-08-09

申请人： UT-BATTELLE, LLC

发明人： Phillip C. Chesser ,  Brian K. Post ,  Matthew R. Sallas ,  Alex C. Roschli ,  Randall F. Lind ,  Lonnie J. Love

IPC分类号： B29C64/209 ,  B29C64/106 ,  B29C64/321 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B29C64/357

摘要： An additive manufacturing method that includes an extruder providing a supply of working material and a nozzle connected with respect to the extruder, the nozzle directing the working material to a deposit surface. A diverter valve is positioned between the extruder and the nozzle to direct the working material to an exhaust port away from the deposit surface under certain conditions.

公开(公告)号：US11534977B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16750631

申请日：2020-01-23

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Seokpum Kim ,  Vlastimil Kune ,  Ahmed A. Hassen ,  John M. Lindahl ,  Brian K. Post ,  Alex C. Roschli ,  Phillip C. Chesser ,  Michael C. Borish ,  Gregory D. Dreifus ,  Lonnie J. Love ,  Craig A. Blue ,  Bentley T. Beard, II

IPC分类号： G05B19/25 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G05B19/37 ,  G05B19/41 ,  G05B19/39 ,  G05B19/40 ,  B33Y10/00

摘要： A system and method for improving additive manufacturing, including additive manufacturing toolpaths, is provided. The system and method includes a toolpath generator that obtains initial toolpaths of an object, identifies isolated paths in the toolpaths, and adds bridge connections between neighboring isolated paths in each layer to improve the toolpaths. The bridge connections facilitate the continuous and non-stop deposition of each layer according to improved toolpaths during additive manufacture, which can reduce total deposition time and improve the resultant additive manufacture.

公开(公告)号：US10694590B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15484913

申请日：2017-04-11

申请人： UT-BATTELLE, LLC

发明人： Orlando Rios ,  William G. Carter ,  Zachary C. Sims ,  Lonnie J. Love ,  Phillip C. Chesser

IPC分类号： B23K13/01 ,  H05B6/10 ,  B29C64/118 ,  B29C64/336 ,  B22F3/105 ,  B29C64/209 ,  B22F3/115 ,  B29C64/106 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  H05B6/06 ,  H05B6/40 ,  H05B6/36 ,  B21C23/00 ,  B21C29/04 ,  B23K13/04 ,  H05B6/14 ,  B23K103/10 ,  B29K105/00 ,  B29K105/16

摘要： A method and apparatus for additive manufacturing that includes a material guide for directing a supply of working material and a plurality of rollers for advancing the working material. An electromagnetic heater is provided to heat and deposit molten working material as a new supply of working material is forced through the material guide.

公开(公告)号：US20220359094A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17728327

申请日：2022-04-25

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Christian M. Petrie ,  Phillip C. Chesser ,  Benjamin R. Betzler ,  Ryan R. Dehoff ,  Kevin G. Field ,  Kurt A. Terrani

IPC分类号： G21C15/06 ,  G21C15/28

摘要： A nuclear fuel cladding with improved thermomechanical properties is provided. The nuclear fuel cladding includes a double-walled construction having inner and outer hexagonal sidewalls. The inner sidewall and the outer sidewall are spaced apart from each other to form a cooling channel therebetween, and the inner sidewall surrounds a nuclear fuel and is spaced apart from the nuclear fuel by a small gap. Helical fins extend into the cooling channel to interconnect the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall. Resilient fingers extend toward the nuclear fuel through the small gap to comply with variations in the size of the nuclear fuel due to fabrication tolerances as well as thermal expansion and swelling of the nuclear fuel, for example UO2, when undergoing fission. The nuclear fuel cladding is formed according to an additive manufacturing process, for example laser powder bed fusion printing.

公开(公告)号：US20190315016A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-17

申请号：US16383105

申请日：2019-04-12

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Brian K. Post ,  Lonnie J. Love ,  Randall F. Lind ,  Phillip C. Chesser ,  Alex C. Roschli

IPC分类号： B28B1/00 ,  E04B1/35

摘要： A cable-driven additive manufacturing system includes an end effector configured for linear translation within a three-dimensional workspace, an aerial hoist suspending the end effector by at least one suspension cable, a plurality of base stations disposed below the aerial hoist, and control cables running from each of the base stations to the end effector.

公开(公告)号：US11630439B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US16842274

申请日：2020-04-07

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Michael C. Borish ,  Alex C. Roschli ,  Brian K. Post ,  Phillip C. Chesser ,  Seokpum Kim

IPC分类号： G05B19/4099 ,  B29C64/393 ,  G06T19/20 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B29C64/386

摘要： Toolpath generation for additive manufacturing systems involves operations on polygonal contours derived from a model for additively manufacturing a structure. One aspect involves modifying or creating a model to allow parts to be printed without starting and stopping the printing equipment by generating continuous toolpaths or toolpaths having a reduced number of isolated paths. Another aspect involves modifying a slicing engine to generate a continuous toolpath or toolpath having a reduced number of isolated paths based on a representation of an object to be additively manufactured. Another aspect involves selectively placing the gaps at alternating positions among the sliced layers to create a zippering effect.

公开(公告)号：US20200230888A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16750631

申请日：2020-01-23

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Seokpum Kim ,  Vlastimil Kunc ,  Ahmed A. Hassen ,  John M. Lindahl ,  Brian K. Post ,  Alex C. Roschli ,  Phillip C. Chesser ,  Michael C. Borish ,  Gregory D. Dreifus ,  Lonnie J. Love ,  Craig A. Blue ,  Bentley T. Beard, II

IPC分类号： B29C64/393 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y10/00

摘要： A system and method for improving additive manufacturing, including additive manufacturing toolpaths, is provided. The system and method includes a toolpath generator that obtains initial toolpaths of an object, identifies isolated paths in the toolpaths, and adds bridge connections between neighboring isolated paths in each layer to improve the toolpaths. The bridge connections facilitate the continuous and non-stop deposition of each layer according to improved toolpaths during additive manufacture, which can reduce total deposition time and improve the resultant additive manufacture.

公开(公告)号：US20240248105A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18374953

申请日：2023-09-29

申请人： Caroline Carter ,  UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Brenda M. Pracheil ,  Phillip C. Chesser ,  Natalie A. Griffiths ,  Kristine Moody ,  Brian K. Post ,  Brennan T. Smith ,  Peter Wang ,  Caroline Carter ,  Celeste Atkins

IPC分类号： G01N35/00 ,  C12Q1/6806 ,  C12Q1/6869 ,  G01N1/10 ,  G01N1/40

CPC分类号： G01N35/0099 ,  C12Q1/6806 ,  C12Q1/6869 ,  G01N1/10 ,  G01N35/00871 ,  G01N2001/1031 ,  G01N2001/4088

摘要： Systems and methods for operating an aquatic robot. The methods comprise: autonomously propelling the aquatic robot through a body of water to a location where a water sample is to be obtained; and performing operations by the aquatic robot to autonomously collect the water sample, cause the water sample to flow through a filter that retains eDNA, lyses and releases the eDNA to a create a lysate, process the lysate to obtain a product for eDNA sequencing, generate eDNA sequencing data using the product, and communicate the eDNA sequencing data to a remote external device.

公开(公告)号：US11996206B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-28

申请号：US17728327

申请日：2022-04-25

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Christian M. Petrie ,  Phillip C. Chesser ,  Benjamin R. Betzler ,  Ryan R. Dehoff ,  Kevin G. Field ,  Kurt A. Terrani

IPC分类号： G21C3/20 ,  G21C3/07 ,  G21C3/08 ,  G21C15/06

CPC分类号： G21C3/20 ,  G21C3/07 ,  G21C3/08 ,  G21C15/06

摘要： A nuclear fuel cladding with improved thermomechanical properties is provided. The nuclear fuel cladding includes a double-walled construction having inner and outer hexagonal sidewalls. The inner sidewall and the outer sidewall are spaced apart from each other to form a cooling channel therebetween, and the inner sidewall surrounds a nuclear fuel and is spaced apart from the nuclear fuel by a small gap. Helical fins extend into the cooling channel to interconnect the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall. Resilient fingers extend toward the nuclear fuel through the small gap to comply with variations in the size of the nuclear fuel due to fabrication tolerances as well as thermal expansion and swelling of the nuclear fuel, for example UO2, when undergoing fission. The nuclear fuel cladding is formed according to an additive manufacturing process, for example laser powder bed fusion printing.