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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael Bender, Rye Brook, NY (US);
Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US);
Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;
Christian Compton, Austin, TX (US);
Trisha Elaine Hanlon, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for correcting a defect in an object using three-dimensional (3D) printing. The apparatus includes a flexible wrapper-shaped printing module including an array of port openings adapted to allow a 3D printable material to move therethrough. The flexible wrapper-shaped printing module is configured to wrap around an object to allow the 3D printable material to move through a first set of selected port openings of the array of port openings and be injected into the defect in order to correct the defect.