US Patent Issued to United Launch Alliance on June 30 for "Method for controlling a fluid flow during an additive manufacturing process" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,025, issued on June 30, was assigned to United Launch Alliance LLC (Centennial, Colo.).

"Method for controlling a fluid flow during an additive manufacturing process" was invented by James W. Powers (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for controlling a fluid flow during an additive manufacturing process are provided. The method may comprise causing a fluid flow to move across a build volume and forming a component. The component may comprise a plurality of layers of material in the build volume and at least one directional portion comprising a plurality of layers of material in the build volume. The component includes at l...