US Patent Issued to Siemens Industry Software on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for automatic detachment of support structures for 3D printed parts" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,486, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Systems and methods for automatic detachment of support structures for 3D printed parts" was invented by Nicola Maria Ceriani (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing system may include a design access engine configured to access a digital design of a part designed for construction through an additive manufacturing process. The computing system may also include a detachable support structure engine configured to insert, into the digital design, a support structure configured to support construction of a surface of the part. The ...