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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2020
Applicant:

Protolabs, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US);

Inventor:

James L. Jacobs, New London, NH (US);

Assignee:

PROTOLABS, INC., Maple Plain, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B29C 64/379 (2017.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); B29C 64/379 (2017.08); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G05B 2219/35134 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49007 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for manufacturing a plurality of discrete objects from a body of material created by additive manufacturing using an automated manufacturing device includes an automated manufacturing device, the automated manufacturing device including at least a controller configured to receive at least a graphical model of a plurality of structures, receive at least a graphical representation of at least an interconnecting portion, the at least an interconnecting portion connecting at least a first structure of the plurality of structures to at least a second structure of the plurality of structures, and generate a graphical representation of an additively manufacture body of material, as a function of the graphical model of the plurality of structures, and the graphical representation of the at least an interconnecting portion.


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