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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

May. 12, 2016
Applicants:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Alejandro Manuel DE Pena, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Barcelona, ES;

David Ramirez Muela, Barcelona, ES;

Luis Garcia, Les Roquetes, ES;

Inventors:

Xavier Vilajosana, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Alejandro Manuel De Pena, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Barcelona, ES;

David Ramirez Muela, Barcelona, ES;

Luis Garcia, Les Roquetes, ES;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

In an example, a method includes measuring the temperature of a fused region and the temperature of an unfused region of a first layer of build material; determining a preheating setting for a subsequent layer of build material in response to the measured temperature of the unfused region of the first layer; determining a print instruction for applying print agent to the subsequent layer of build material, wherein the application of print agent prescribed by the print instruction for the subsequent layer to cause the temperature of the preheated build material to be a predetermined temperature prior to fusion in response to the measured temperature of the fused region of the first layer; forming the subsequent layer of build material; preheating the subsequent layer of build material in accordance with the preheating setting; and selectively applying the print agent onto the subsequent layer based on the print instruction.


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