Steven B Massey

US Patent:

20210060711, Mar 4, 2021

Filed:

Aug 25, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/002459

Inventors:

- Troy OH, US
Steven B. Massey - Appleton WI, US
Shuang Liu - Appleton WI, US
Joseph C. Bundy - Piqua OH, US
Satya Kondapalli - Altleiningen, DE

International Classification:

B23K 35/02
B23K 35/28
B23K 35/368
B23K 35/362
B23K 35/40

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to tubular welding electrodes that have a metallic sheath surrounding a granular core, wherein the metallic sheath comprises a metal matrix composite (MMC) that includes a ceramic material and aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The ceramic material may be in the form of microparticles or nanoparticles. The present disclosure also relates to method for making such tubular welding electrodes.

US Patent:

20190146456, May 16, 2019

Filed:

Nov 10, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/809913

Inventors:

- Los Angeles CA, US
Broc William TenHOUTEN - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
Antonio Bernerd Martinez - El Segundo CA, US
Steven Blair Massey - Torrance CA, US
Narender Shankar Lakshman - Torrance CA, US
Bill David Kreig - Huntington Beach CA, US
Jon Paul Gunner - Palos Verdes Estates CA, US
David Brian TenHOUTEN - El Segundo CA, US
Eahab Nagi El Naga - Topanga CA, US
Muhammad Faizan Zafar - Long Beach CA, US

International Classification:

G05B 19/4099
G06F 17/50
B28B 1/00
B22F 3/105

Abstract:

A high precision Interface Node is disclosed. The Interface Node includes an integrated structure including one or more complex or sophisticated features and functions. The Interface Node may connect with another component or a Linking Node. The Interface Node is manufactured to achieve high precision functionality while enabling volume production. Current additive manufacturing technologies allow for the printing of high precision features to be manufactured, but generally this is performed at a slower rate. Consequently, in one aspect, the size of the Interface Nodes is reduced in order to overcome at least part of the slower production volume caused by creating the high precision Interface Nodes. The components and Linking Nodes to which the Interface Node is connected may only have basic features and functions. Accordingly, this latter category of components may use a high print rate and thus high production volume. In other embodiments, these low precision components may also be produced using a non-print manufacturing technology, such as casting, forging, etc., that may provide the requisite high throughput, or to high precision machined parts that lack the geometric flexibility of the Interface Node. In an embodiment, the Interface Nodes may be connected to other components via a Linking Node.