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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Steelcase Incorporated, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Skylar J. E. Tibbits, Boston, MA (US);
Christophe Guberan, La Praz, CH;
Jared Smith Laucks, Cambridge, MA (US);
Schendy G. Kernizan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kathleen Sofia Hajash, Somerville, MA (US);
Bjorn Eric Sparrman, Somerville, MA (US);
Paul Noll, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Steeicase Incorporated, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
Described are methods for making three dimensional objects. A nozzle is positioned within a gel inside a container of gel. The position of the nozzle within the gel is changed while depositing solidifying material through the nozzle. The gel supports the solidifying material at the position at which the solidifying material is deposited. The solidifying material is solidified to form a solid material, which is a three-dimensional object.