US Patent Issued to 3D SYSTEMS on Sept. 15 for "Apparatus and method for accurately leveling a build plate" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,753, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to 3D SYSTEMS INC. (Rock Hill, S.C.).

"Apparatus and method for accurately leveling a build plate" was invented by John Michael Huber (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D printing system includes a resin vessel, a build plate positioning mechanism, a plurality of lower datums, and a build plate. The build plate positioning mechanism includes a pair of L-shaped brackets that individually include a fixed vertical portion, a movable portion, and an adjustment mechanism. The movable portion includes a lateral lower end. The adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust and set an an...