ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,819, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Thermwood Corp. (Dale, Ind.).
"Method and system for creating additive parts" was invented by Kenneth J. Susnjara (Birdseye, Ind.) and Lawrence S. Epplin (Grandview, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a part with a plurality of cut segments includes receiving a sheet of material with a machining apparatus and removing material during one or more first passes with the machining apparatus to form a plurality of segments in the sheet of material. The method also includes forming a tab by removing material during the one or more first passes with the machining apparatus f...