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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Tyler C. Smith, Knoxville, TN (US);
Ahmed A. Hassen, Knoxville, TN (US);
John M. Lindahl, Powell, TN (US);
Seokpum Kim, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vlastimil Kunc, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vipin Kumar, Knoxville, TN (US);
Chase Joslin, Madisonville, TN (US);
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing system for an additive manufacturing material and embedded short-chopped fibers includes an extruder comprising a nozzle having a nozzle flow channel. The nozzle includes a plurality of spaced apart elongated aligning structures distributed inside the nozzle flow channel and parallel to the longitudinal center axis defining alignment flow channels within the nozzle flow channel. A nozzle for additive manufacturing, a method of additive manufacturing, and a method of making a nozzle for an additive manufacturing system for and additive manufacturing material and embedded short-chopped fibers are also disclosed.