US Patent Issued to NUGAE on Nov. 3 for "Method for producing a shell-like or plate like supporting structure" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,774, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NUGAE S.R.L. (Roccavaldina, Italy).

"Method for producing a shell-like or plate like supporting structure" was invented by Francesco Belvisi (Pantelleria, Italy), Alessandro Buscemi (Altavilla Milicia, Italy) and Antonio Mangiapane (Palermo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shell-like or plate-like supporting structures, are obtained by forming one or more panels using Fused Deposition Modelling technology to obtain panels with a lattice of stiffening ribs on at least one face of the panels. The stiffening ribs are hollow and are formed simultaneously with forming of the panel, by moving a di...