US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 7 for "Build plate assembly for additive manufacturing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,371, issued on July 7, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Build plate assembly for additive manufacturing" was invented by Daniel Roy Ryan (Fenton, Mich.) and Whitney Ann Poling (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A build plate assembly configured for use with an additive manufacturing machine. The build plate assembly includes a build plate defining a receptacle. An insert is seated in the receptacle and movable within the receptacle. The insert includes a build surface configured to support a product built thereon by the additive manufacturing machine. The insert is configured to expan...