US Patent Issued to VulcanForms on March 17 for "Optical fiber modules for additive manufacturing systems" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,447, issued on March 17, was assigned to VulcanForms Inc. (Devens, Mass.).

"Optical fiber modules for additive manufacturing systems" was invented by Stephen C. Couitt (Brighton, Mass.), MAnuel Joseph Leonardo (Bolton, Mass.), Michael von Dadelszen (Merrimack, N.H.), Martin C. Feldmann (Sudbury, Mass.) and Jonathan Robert Silva (Portsmouth, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for additive manufacturing are generally described. In some embodiments, an additive manufacturing system may include at least one mechanical fixture in the form of a resilient member for accurately positioning one or more optical fibers wit...