ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,088, issued on April 14, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Printhead for a 3D printer and method for operating a printhead" was invented by Chris Nickels (Burgstetten-Erbstetten, Germany) and Hendrik Jahnle (Leutenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a printhead (100) for a 3D printer comprising an actuator device (110) which is arranged in a housing (1) of the printhead (100) for actuating a piston (3), a supply device (2) for a printable material (10), a flange (5) which is arranged on the housing (1) and the supply device (2) and which comprises a cooling device (50), a nozz...