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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. 27, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Adam Jason Jones, Lucerne Valley, CA (US);

Paul Edward Sherman, Wrightwood, CA (US);

John Angely Geriguis, Wrightwood, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract

A system for manufacturing a thermoplastic object may include a robotic arm configured to dispense thermoplastic material, a support apparatus, a computing device and an imaging system. The imaging system may scan thermoplastic material dispensed by the first robotic arm and create a three-dimensional scan model. The model may be compared to a computer model profile to determine if the dispensed material requires adjustment. If the dispensed material requires adjustment, the computing device may adjust the robotic arm or the support apparatus.


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