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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Kristopher J. Erickson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas C. Anthony, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lihua Zhao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A device includes a coater, a dispenser, and a treatment portion. The coater is to coat, layer-by-layer, a build material relative to a build pad to form a 3D object. The dispenser is to at least dispense a fluid including a first at least potentially electrically conductive material. In at least some selected locations of an external surface of the 3D object. The treatment portion is to treat the 3D object to substantially increase electrically conductivity on the external surface of the 3D object at the at least some selected locations.