Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas phase integrated multimaterial printhead for additive manufacturing
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Application No.: US16445731Application Date: 2019-06-19
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Publication No.: US10596758B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Shomeek Mukhopadhyay
- Applicant: Obsidian Advanced Manufacturing LLC
- Applicant Address: US NJ Princeton
- Assignee: OBSIDIAN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, LLC
- Current Assignee: OBSIDIAN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Princeton
- Agency: Royse Law Firm, PC
- Main IPC: B29C64/209
- IPC: B29C64/209 ; B29C64/159 ; C04B35/622 ; C23C14/34 ; B33Y10/00 ; B22F3/105 ; B29C64/112 ; B33Y30/00

Abstract:
Sputtering printheads, additive manufacturing systems comprising the same, and methods for additive manufacturing are provided. Sputtering printheads of the present invention use a plasma to sputter a feedstock material which is directed towards a target. A printhead can include a heater to heat the feedstock to, or near, the material's melting point as it is being sputtered to increase the deposition rate. A convergent nozzle can also increase the deposition rate. Printheads of the present invention are readily reconfigurable such that the same printhead can be used to deposit different materials, such as metals and non-metals, in succession by replacing the feedstock material and making changes to a few settings. Additive manufacturing systems of the present invention can be operated at normal room temperatures and pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190329492A1 Gas Phase Integrated Multimaterial Printhead for Additive Manufacturing Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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