ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,563, issued on March 17, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Hybrid manufacture of three-dimensional components" was invented by Hendrik Jahnle (Leutenbach, Germany), Mario Joost (Leonberg, Germany) and Tim Eidenpencz (Remshalden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (100) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object (1), said method comprising the following steps: a three-dimensional mold (2) defining an interior space (21) is provided (110); a filling material (3) comprising at least one liquid or past-like monomer is introduced (120) into the interior space (21); the monomer is polymerized (130) to...