US Patent Issued to Ultimaker on Feb. 17 for "Dual filament feeder assembly for an additive manufacturing system" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,102, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ultimaker B.V. (Zaltbommel, Netherlands).

"Dual filament feeder assembly for an additive manufacturing system" was invented by Jan Willem Floor (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Samuel Thomas Kent (Utrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual filament feeder assembly (110) for an additive manufacturing system (400) comprises a drive wheel (206) and a drive shaft (134) connected to the drive wheel. The dual filament feeder assembly (110) comprises a first feeder wheel (210) and a second feeder wheel (250) rotatably arranged around the drive shaft at a first side and a second side of the d...