ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,095, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to VOXELJET AG (Friedberg, Germany).
"Particle material preheating device and use in 3D methods" was invented by Christoph Hoppmann (Dasing, Germany), Ingo Ederer (Geltendorf, Germany) and Roman Scheller (Mering, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device and to a method for producing 3D moulded parts, wherein a preheating container is used."
The patent was filed on Nov. 11, 2020, under Application No. 17/776,072.
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