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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:

Desktop Metal, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Jonah Samuel Myerberg, Lexington, MA (US);

Ricardo Fulop, Lexington, MA (US);

Michael Andrew Gibson, Boston, MA (US);

Anastasios John Hart, Waban, MA (US);

Richard Remo Fontana, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);

Christopher Allan Schuh, Wayland, MA (US);

Yet-Ming Chiang, Weston, MA (US);

Matthew David Verminski, North Andover, MA (US);

Emanuel Michael Sachs, Newton, MA (US);

Ricardo Chin, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Assignee:

DESKTOP METAL, INC., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/24 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B22F 3/115 (2006.01); B22F 3/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B22F 9/00 (2006.01); B29K 505/00 (2006.01); B29K 509/08 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B22F 3/008 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 3/115 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 9/007 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1057 (2013.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B22F 2203/11 (2013.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/16 (2013.01); B29K 2505/00 (2013.01); B29K 2509/08 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract

A printer fabricates an object from a computerized model using a fused filament fabrication process. The shape of an extrusion nozzle may be varied during extrusion to control, e.g., an amount of build material deposited, a shape of extrudate exiting the nozzle, a feature resolution, and the like.


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