ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,756, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to 3D Print Innovations LLC.
"Apparatus, system and method for in-line additive manufacturing nozzle inspection" was invented by Scott Klimczak (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Luke Rodgers (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing apparatus, system, and method. More particularly, the disclosed in-line nozzle inspection apparatus, system and method are suitable to monitor an additive manufacturing print nozzle, and may include: at least one sensor integrated with a motion driver for the print nozzle; a plurality of imaging lenses suitable to provide a substantially...