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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Jun Amano, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A single-step method of generating a three dimensional (3D) printed article includes: selecting a first metastructure and a second metastructure; designing and constructing a first transitional metastructure that transitions from the first metastructure to the second metastructure; depositing a first layer comprising the first metastructure; seamlessly connecting the first and first transitional metastructures by depositing a first transitional layer comprising the first transitional metastructure on the first layer; and seamlessly connecting the first transitional and second metastructures by depositing a second layer comprising the second metastructure on the first transitional layer.