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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:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2019
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Krzysztof Nauka, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Esteve Comas, Sant Quirze Del Valles, ES;

Alejandro Manuel De Pena, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;

Howard S. Tom, San Jose, CA (US);

Hou T. Ng, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/00 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 35/16 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/00 (2017.08); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 35/16 (2013.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B29C 2035/0822 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0838 (2013.01); B29C 2035/1616 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

In one example, an apparatus for generating a three-dimensional object includes an energy source to apply energy to a layer of build material to cause a first portion of the layer to coalesce and solidify, an agent distributor to selectively deliver a cooling agent onto a second portion of the layer, and a controller to control the energy source to apply energy to the layer to cause the first portion to coalesce and solidify in a first pattern and to control the agent distributor to selectively deliver the cooling agent onto the second portion of the layer in a second pattern independent of the first pattern.


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