US Patent Issued on March 17 for "Systems and methods for additive manufacturing" (California, Georgia, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,580, issued on March 17.

"Systems and methods for additive manufacturing" was invented by Kun Fu (Newark, Del.), Hao Wu (Savannah, Ga.) and Danning Zhang (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D printing system for continuous fiber reinforced composite materials is provided. The 3D printing system does not require the fiber and resin to be premixed before they are used in 3D printing. Instead, the 3D printing system includes a guiding device that deposits fiber preform onto a build plate to form a predetermined shape, a preparation module that processes the fiber preform, a dispenser that dispenses a resin material on ...