US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Dec. 16 for "Laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing in-process monitoring and optimization using thermionic emission detection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,637, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing in-process monitoring and optimization using thermionic emission detection" was invented by Aiden Alexander Martin (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Philip James Depond (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system which may have an electronic controller, an optical light source controlled by the electronic controller which generates a beam having an output power level, and a current measuring subsystem (CMS) electrically coupled to a conductive s...