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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Christopher Seubert, New Hudson, MI (US);
Chelsea Cates, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Richard John Ellwood, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A device and method of forming a three-dimensional component includes filling a reservoir () with a volume of curable resin (), the resin configured to undergo a first reaction to form a first product when exposed to light () of a first wavelength and to undergo a second reaction to form a second product when exposed to light () of a second wavelength. The presence of the first and second products at a common location in the resin causes a third reaction that results in a solid polymer at the common location. The method further includes directing a first light source () of the first wavelength into the reservoir, directing a second light source () of the second wavelength into the reservoir such that the first and second light sources intersect at a first predetermined location () within the reservoir, and allowing the third reaction to form the solid polymer at the first predetermined location.