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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:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2011
Applicants:

Satoshi Abe, Osaka, JP;

Yoshiyuki Uchinono, Osaka, JP;

Isao Fuwa, Osaka, JP;

Norio Yoshida, Nara, JP;

Kazuho Morimoto, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Satoshi Abe, Osaka, JP;

Yoshiyuki Uchinono, Osaka, JP;

Isao Fuwa, Osaka, JP;

Norio Yoshida, Nara, JP;

Kazuho Morimoto, Kyoto, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B29C 33/02 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/02 (2013.01); B29C 35/0272 (2013.01); B29C 67/0077 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B29C 67/0092 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B22F 2003/1056 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object, the method comprising the repeated steps of: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing a sintering of the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequent solidification thereof; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the resulting solidified layer, followed by the irradiation of a predetermined portion of the powder layer with the light beam, wherein a heater element is disposed on the solidified layer during the repeated steps (i) and (ii), and thereby the heater element is situated within the three-dimensional shaped object.


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