ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,976, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to 3D SYSTEMS INC. (Rock Hill, S.C.).
"Method for manufacturing low modulus articles" was invented by David Sabo (San Diego), Grant Draper (San Diego), Curtis J. Behrend (San Diego) and Nickolas M. Clinton (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) printing system is configured to print a 3D article in a layer-by-layer manner and includes a vertical beam, an elevator, and a build platform. The elevator is configured for vertical translation along the vertical beam and includes an upper support and a lower support. The lower support includes at least one elevator actu...