{
  "patent_number": "US 12233456",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How to Improve 3D Printing Using Cold Spray Metal Deposition",
  "original_title": "Method for cold spray additive manufacturing",
  "summary": "A method for perfecting metal 3D printing by analyzing how spray angles affect material quality and adjusting the printer's path to fix errors.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a way to make 3D-printed metal parts more precise using cold spray technology. Instead of melting metal, cold spray uses high-speed gas to blast metal powder onto a surface. The inventors created a system that first prints a single test line to see how the spray angle affects the shape and internal defects of the metal. By measuring this test line, the system builds a mathematical model that predicts how the metal will build up. It then automatically adjusts the nozzle's path to ensure the final part matches the desired shape and has fewer structural flaws.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover traditional laser-based additive manufacturing (like SLM or DMLS).",
    "Does not cover deposition methods that rely on melting the material.",
    "Does not cover systems that lack the step of generating a predictive model from a single-line test pass.",
    "Does not cover manual path adjustment without the specific geometric and defect modeling described."
  ],
  "filed": "2022-06-10",
  "granted": "2025-02-25",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Individual",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/individual",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Aaron Nardi",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/aaron-nardi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Isaac Nault",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/isaac-nault"
    },
    {
      "name": "Marius D. Ellingsen",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/marius-d-ellingsen"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "mechanical",
    "aerospace",
    "manufacturing"
  ],
  "abstract": "A method of additive manufacturing using cold spray deposition of particles of a material to a supporting surface for deposited material. The method may include providing a cold spray deposition apparatus having a nozzle with a central axis forming an impact angle with the supporting surface and providing an additive material for application to the supporting surface using a cold spray deposition technique. The method may include analyzing characteristics of deposited cold spray material which may include forming a single line of deposited cold spray material on the supporting surface and generating a model of the deposited cold spray material. The method may include selecting a proposed path of movement of the nozzle, predicting results of using the proposed path using the generated model, and modifying the proposed path of movement of the nozzle to reduce error resulting from the proposed path.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12233456/mars-colonial-transporter-architecture",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12233456/mars-colonial-transporter-architecture/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12233456",
  "relatedPatents": []
}