US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on March 24 for "Path planning systems and methods for additive manufacturing" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,057, issued on March 24, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Path planning systems and methods for additive manufacturing" was invented by Steven B. Massey Jr. (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods to plan a path to form a part using an additive manufacturing system. The additive manufacturing system may include one or more additive manufacturing tools. The additive manufacturing tools may include arc welding tools and non-arc welding tools. The system may also manufacture the part based on the planned path."

The patent was filed on Jan. 2, 2024, under Application N...