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US 11,142,840 B2Granted
Electroforming system and method
AssigneeUnison Industries, LLC
InventorsDattu GV Jonnalagadda, Sandeep Kumar, Merin Sebastian, Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps
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Abstract
An electroforming system and method for electroforming a component includes an electroforming reservoir with a housing defining a fluid passage. An electroforming chamber can be located within the housing and fluidly coupled to the fluid passage via a set of apertures in at least one wall of the electroforming chamber.
Claims19
An electroforming reservoir, comprising:
- a body having a first portion and a second portion operably coupled to form an electroforming chamber with a fluid passage formed peripherally around the electroforming chamber, the body defining a housing including the first portion and the second portion, each of the first portion and the second portion having an exterior wall and an interior wall spaced apart from the exterior wall to define a portion of the fluid passage, when the first portion and the second portion are operably coupled a housing exterior wall and a housing interior wall are defined, the housing interior wall further defining the electroforming chamber radially interior of the housing interior wall, the housing interior wall at least partially separating the electroforming chamber from the fluid passage;
- a set of apertures in the housing interior wall fluidly coupling the fluid passage and the electroforming chamber;
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- anodes operably coupled to the housing interior wall within the electroforming chamber.
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A system for electroforming a component, comprising:
- a dissolution reservoir containing an electrolytic fluid and a first anode;
- a power source electrically coupled to the first anode;
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- an electroforming reservoir, comprising:
- a body having a first portion and a second portion operably coupled to form an electroforming chamber with a fluid passage formed peripherally around the electroforming chamber, the body defining a housing including the first portion and the second portion, each of the first portion and the second portion having an exterior wall and an interior wall spaced apart from the exterior wall to define a portion of the fluid passage, when the first portion and the second portion are operably coupled a housing exterior wall and a housing interior wall are defined, the housing interior wall further defining the electroforming chamber radially interior of the housing interior wall, the housing interior wall at least partially separating the electroforming chamber from the fluid passage;
- a set of apertures in the housing interior wall fluidly coupling the fluid passage and the electroforming chamber;
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- at least one second anode coupled to the housing interior wall within the electroforming chamber, with the at least one second anode formed to have the same geometric profile as the housing interior wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.