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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.

Patent No.:

US 11161297 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2020

Control methods for additive manufacturing system

Applicant:

Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth Lyle Tyler, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Blake L. Alfson, Hayden Lake, ID (US);

Josiah D. Coad, Post Falls, ID (US);

Kaleb Forrest Beebout, Post Falls, ID (US);

Assignee:

Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Attorney:

Ryan C. Stockett

Primary Examiner:

Stella K Yi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 70/06 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/12 (2006.01); B29B 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 70/06 (2013.01); B29C 70/384 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29B 15/122 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0827 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0058 (2013.01); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01); B29K 2105/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/16 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for controlling an additive manufacturing system. The method may include causing a head to discharge composite material along a first trajectory, and activating a cure enhancer to at least partially cure composite material discharging from the head along the first trajectory. The method may also include selectively deactivating the cure enhancer as the head nears a corner location, moving the head to a second trajectory after the head reaches the corner location, and reactivating the cure enhancer after moving the head to the second trajectory.

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