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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Rockwell Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Brandon Joseph Walker, Madison, WI (US);
Nathan Donald Schumacher, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B29C 64/147 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/264 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B29C 64/188 (2017.01); B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B29C 64/218 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/227 (2017.01); B29C 64/205 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01); B29C 65/14 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B29C 64/147 (2017.08); B29C 64/188 (2017.08); B29C 64/205 (2017.08); B29C 64/218 (2017.08); B29C 64/227 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/264 (2017.08); B29C 64/314 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B32B 38/1808 (2013.01); B22F 10/30 (2021.01); B29C 65/14 (2013.01); B32B 37/00 (2013.01); B32B 37/14 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A 3D printer successively fuses sheet material in a stack to form a three-dimensional object. The sheet material may provide a mesh separating islands of material that will be fused to produce the desired three-dimensional object. The mesh provides support for the island material during the fusing process and may be removed afterwards.