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Patent No.:

US 10556381 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2015

Three-dimensional printer with force detection

Applicant:

Makerbot Industries, Llc, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Inventors:

Aljosa Kemperle, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Filipp Gelman, Staten Island, NY (US);

Peter Joseph Schmehl, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:

MakerBot Industries, LLC, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Attorney:

Strategic Patents, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Joseph S Del Sole

Assistant Examiner:

Thu Khanh T Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/22 (2006.01); B29C 41/52 (2006.01); B29C 64/205 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 48/92 (2019.01); B29C 48/154 (2019.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 48/02 (2019.01); B29C 48/265 (2019.01); B29C 48/25 (2019.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/205 (2017.08); B29C 48/154 (2019.02); B29C 48/92 (2019.02); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B29C 48/02 (2019.02); B29C 48/265 (2019.02); B29C 48/266 (2019.02); B29C 2948/9258 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92704 (2019.02); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0067 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

An extruder or other tool head of a three-dimensional printer is instrumented to detect contact force against the extruder, such as by a build platform or an object being fabricated. The tool head may also be instrumented to detect deflection forces and the like acting on the tool that might indicate an operating error. The resulting feedback data can be used in a variety of ways to control operation of the three-dimensional printer during fabrication or diagnostics.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kemperle, Aljosa. (2020). Three-dimensional printer with force detection (U.S. Patent No. 10556381). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10556381

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