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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vito R. Gervasi, St. Francis, WI (US);
Assignee:
Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/508 ; B29C 4/102 ; G06F 1/750 ; G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/508 ; B29C 4/102 ; G06F 1/750 ; G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A method for forming a three dimensional object, the method including the steps of generating a digital representation of the object, generating a digital representation of a build style lattice having a substantially uniform, conformal tetrahedron structure, overlaying the respective representations of the object and the build style, intersecting the overlaid representations to generate a digital representation of the object incorporating the build style; and fabricating the digital representation of the object incorporating the build style by solid free form fabrication.