US Patent Issued to General Electric on March 25 for "Additive manufacturing recoat assemblies including a vacuum and methods for using the same" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,778, issued on March 25, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Additive manufacturing recoat assemblies including a vacuum and methods for using the same" was invented by Vadim Bromberg (Niskayuna, N.Y.), John Sterle (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Sara Rostami (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recoat assembly (200) for an additive manufacturing system includes a base member (250) that is movable in a lateral direction, a powder spreading member (202, 204) coupled to the base member (250), wherein the base member (250) at least partially encapsulates the powder spreading member (202, 204), and a vacuu...