US Patent Issued to 3D SYSTEMS on March 17 for "Injection molding in a fluid supported additively manufactured mold" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,568, issued on March 17, was assigned to 3D SYSTEMS INC. (Rock Hill, S.C.).

"Injection molding in a fluid supported additively manufactured mold" was invented by Patrick Dunne (Lafayette, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing system includes an additive manufacturing (AM) system and a fluid supported molding system. The AM system is configured to produce a plastic mold. The fluid supported molding system includes a pressure vessel surrounding a pressure chamber. The pressure vessel is configured to contain a fluid surrounding the mold. The fluid supported molding system also includes a mold material injector configur...