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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:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

May. 13, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Wei Huang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Patrick De Marcillac, Grenoble, FR;

Gary J. Dispoto, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/171 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/171 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

A hybrid connection for connecting a first portion of a three-dimensional (3D) print design to a second portion of the 3D print design may include a cross-sectional pattern of fully-fused connections and under-fused connections that connect between the first portion of the 3D print design and the second portion of the 3D print design. Systems and methods are also described herein that facilitate designing 3D parts with hybrid connections and/or automatically replacing fully-fused connections with hybrid connections.


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