US Patent Issued to Thermwood on April 14 for "Methods and systems for secure connections in layer segments of cut layer additive parts" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,952, issued on April 14, was assigned to Thermwood Corp. (Dale, Ind.).

"Methods and systems for secure connections in layer segments of cut layer additive parts" was invented by Kenneth J. Susnjara (Birdseye, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for manufacturing a part with a plurality of segments, the system including a machining apparatus configured to receive material, and a controller configurable to generate commands to control the machining apparatus. The controller being configurable to cause the machining apparatus to form a plurality of segments from material, cause the machining apparatus to form complementary sha...