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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Yong Chen, Burbank, CA (US);
Chi Zhou, Riverside, CA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 13/08 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0066 (2013.01);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing system and process are described. In one example of the invention, a fiber optic cable connected with an ultraviolet (UV) LED and related lens forms an accumulation tool. The cable is then merged inside a tank filled with liquid resin that is UV-curable. By controlling the on/off state of the UV-LED and the multi-axis motion of the cable, a physical model, having a desired shape, can be built by selectively curing liquid resin into solid.