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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Magnum Venus Products, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Vlastimil Kunc, Knoxville, TN (US);
Ahmed A. Hassen, Knoxville, TN (US);
Brian K. Post, Knoxville, TN (US);
David W. Nuttall, Knoxville, TN (US);
John M. Lindahl, Powell, TN (US);
Lonnie J. Love, Knoxville, TN (US);
Tim Deluca, Lake Tapps, WA (US);
Mike Walch, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Benjamin J. Hedger, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
An assembly for additive manufacturing includes a build housing including a base, a print head, and a print head support connected to the base for supporting the print head above the base. A driver system is provided for moving the print head and the base relative to one another. A build platform comprising a build support and at least one platen. The build support can be detachably engageable to the housing. The platens can be detachably engageable to the build support. The build support can include registration structure for registering the position of the build support relative to the build housing. A method of additive manufacturing is also disclosed.