US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for creating a powder removal tool via additive manufacturing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,617, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for creating a powder removal tool via additive manufacturing" was invented by Adam McFarland (Royal Oak, Mich.), Adam John Campbell (Rochester, Mich.), Steven Lewis Corzyk (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Patrick J. Eding (Fremont, Mich.) and Dale Miller (Rochester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for removing excess powder from a part for a vehicle during an additive manufacturing process, comprises defining parameters for a part, defining parameters for a removal tool comprising a plurality of links to create a chain-l...