US Patent Issued to TRUMPF LASER- UND SYSTEMTECHNIK on Sept. 8 for "Method and apparatus for producing three-dimensional objects by selectively solidifying a build material applied layer by layer" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,595, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TRUMPF LASER- UND SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH (Ditzingen, Germany).

"Method and apparatus for producing three-dimensional objects by selectively solidifying a build material applied layer by layer" was invented by Florian Schaede (Stuttgart, Germany), Lukas Witz (Schramberg, Germany) and Kai Etzel (Besigheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object includes a process chamber, a process assistance device including a centre module and an outer module for facilitating a primary gas flow, and a feed device disposed above a build platform for feeding a sec...