US Patent Issued to PAXIS on June 16 for "Additive manufacturing apparatus, system, and method" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,394, issued on June 16, was assigned to PAXIS LLC (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

"Additive manufacturing apparatus, system, and method" was invented by Frederick Knecht (Woodstock, Ill.) and Michael G. Littrell (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object includes a support assembly having a build platform, a track extending through a build area, and a deposition mechanism mounted on the track and configured for producing the three-dimensional object in a layer-by-layer technique. The deposition mechanism includes a carriage moveable along the track, a supply of a flowable material m...