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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Made IN Space, Inc., Moffett Field, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Snyder, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
MADE IN SPACE, INC., Moffett Field, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/20 (2017.08);
Abstract
A system including a deposition system to create a layer of an object during an additive manufacturing process, a material feeder to deliver a material for application to the object by the deposition system, a first sensor to measure at least one characteristic of the material, a rangefinder to determine a height of the deposition system above a build location where the object is being additively manufactured, and a traverse system to adjust a height of the deposition system from the build location responsive to a measurement taken by the first sensor. Another system and method are also disclosed.