Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for printing component with anti-counterfeit features
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Application No.: US15204154Application Date: 2016-07-07
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Publication No.: US09937656B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Eric Edward Halla , Ryan William Van Deest
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Agent Edward Lin
- Main IPC: B32B3/00
- IPC: B32B3/00 ; B29C64/106 ; B41M5/00 ; B29C47/06 ; B29C64/386 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y50/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; B29L9/00
Abstract:
An additively manufactured component has a plurality of overlapping layers bonded to each other. The plurality of overlapping layers includes at least a first subset of layers, and at least one layer of the at least a first subset of layers includes adjacent tracks bonded to each other. At least one of the adjacent tracks has a tool path pattern that is encoded with information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180009159A1 METHOD FOR PRINTING COMPONENT WITH ANTI-COUNTERFEIT FEATURES Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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