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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1997
Edwin G Haas, Savville, NY (US);
Edward V Sullivan, Huntingdon Station, NY (US);
Robert C Schwarz, Huntington, NY (US);
Martin Kesselman, Commack, NY (US);
Gary E Kuhn, Arlington, TX (US);
John M Papazian, Great Neck, NY (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention resides in a module used in conjunction with other such modules in an apparatus for rapidly producing an article having a three-dimensional design comprising a base, a plurality of translating members mounted on the base and the plurality of translating members movable relative thereto, the base is an interconnectable block of parallel drivetrain elements having a single input shaft and a series of parallel output shafts at right angles to the input shaft whose power flow to the output shafts is connected/disconnected electrically via electromagnetic clutches.