ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,559, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).
"Mass and heat flow in additive manufacturing systems" was invented by Scott Nelson (Indianapolis) and Brandon David Ribic (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing system may include an energy delivery device configured to deliver energy to a build surface of a component to form a melt pool in the build surface of the component; a powder delivery device configured to direct a powder stream toward the melt pool; a plurality of mass sensors, each mass sensor associated with a portion of the additive manufacturing system; a plurality ...