US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Dec. 16 for "Fused filament fabrication print head system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,776, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Fused filament fabrication print head system" was invented by Robert Taylor (Fort Worth, Texas), Rhugdhrivya Rane (Arlington, Texas), Manjarik Mrinal (Arlington, Texas), Parimal Thakorbhai Patel (Austin, Texas) and Tanvir Ahmed Shanto (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a fused filament fabrication print head system that includes a nozzle, a heating block, and a cooling element. The nozzle defines a nozzle opening and a filament flow path and is configured to deposit a filament through t...