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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142179 | Stereolithography apparatus A stereolithography apparatus that is configured to fabricate a three-dimensional model by forming a cured layer by irradiating an interface of a photocurable resin with light corresponding to sectional data of the three-dimensional model and stacking the cured laye... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8083513 | Apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object layer by layer Apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object (3) by solidifying a powdery constituent material layer by layer at the positions corresponding to the profile of the object (3) to be manufactured in the corresponding layer, by the action of a la... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070474 | Lamination shaping apparatus A lamination shaping apparatus has a powder layer preparing means and an optical unit which irradiates a light beam to an intended portion of a powder layer so as to sinter or melt for solidifying the portion into a cured layer. Preparation of the powder layer and c... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070473 | System for building three-dimensional objects containing embedded inserts, and method of use thereof A system for building a three-dimensional object with a layer-based additive technique, the system comprising a controller configured to receive build sequence data for the three-dimensional object, a head assembly in signal communication with the controller and con... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8033812 | Systems to produce an object through solid freeform fabrication A method for producing an object formed through solid freeform fabrication includes dispensing a binder on successive layers of build material with a single first dispensing member; and coloring the successive layers with at least one second dispensing member, where... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033811 | Pantograph assembly for digital manufacturing system A digital manufacturing system for producing first and second objects comprises a platen, a gantry, a pantograph extrusion head system and first and second sets of extruders. The platen defines a workspace upon which the objects are produced. The gantry defines a he... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7946840 | Device and method for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object A device for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-wise solidification of a building material in powder form at positions in the respective layers corresponding to the object is disclosed. The device comprises: a container (25) arranged in the d... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7931462 | Device and method for the manufacturing of a three-dimensional object A device for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layerwise solidification of a building material in powder form at the positions in the respective layer that correspond to the object to be manufactured is provided. A work plane (4) is provided, in w... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7891964 | Viscosity pump for extrusion-based deposition systems A pump system comprising a delivery assembly configured to feed a solid material under operational power of a first drive motor, and a screw pump comprising a housing that at least partially defines a barrel of the screw pump, an extrusion tip secured to the housing... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7845930 | Process for the production of a three-dimensional object with an improved separation of hardened material layers from a construction plane The invention relates to a process or a device for the production of a three-dimensional object by layer-wise solidification of a photo-polymerizable resin by means of a planar or essentially planar construction/reference plane, at which the photo-polymerizable resi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7841851 | Material delivery system using decoupling accumulator A cementitious material delivery system may include a pump configured to pump cementitious material and an accumulator. The accumulator may be a decoupling accumulator and may contain a reservoir configured to store cementitious material, an accumulator inlet to the... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837458 | Device for a layer-wise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object A device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-wise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers that correspond to the object is provided. The device has a machine frame (2, 3, 4, 5) and support leg... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833001 | Three-dimensional object printing system A printing system for creating a three-dimensional object. The printing system includes a plurality of printheads including a first printhead configured to print a first material and a second printhead configured to print a second material. The system includes one o... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7766641 | Three dimensional (3D) printer system with placement and curing mechanisms A printer system is provided for developing a three dimensional (3D) printed structure. The system includes a plurality of spaced apart sets of printing devices. A conveyor system is arranged to serially convey a print medium operatively with respect to each set so ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7690909 | Rapid prototyping and manufacturing system and method A stereolithography apparatus having a resin vat with resupply containers in one-way flow communication and a leveling container in two-way flow communication, an automatic offload cart to remove and replace build support platforms, an elevator assembly for supporti... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686605 | Device for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object A device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer wise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers corresponding to the object is provided. The device comprises a building field, in which the solidification o... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7674107 | Building container for a device and method for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object A building container (25) for a device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer wise solidification of a building material in powder form at positions in the respective layers that correspond to the object is provided. A support devi... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661948 | Application device for applying a layer of a building material in powder form in a device for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object An application device (27) for applying a layer of a building material in powder form in a device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-wise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers that correspo... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658603 | Methods and systems for integrating fluid dispensing technology with stereolithography An integrated system and method of integrating fluid dispensing technologies (e.g., direct-write (DW)) with rapid prototyping (RP) technologies (e.g., stereolithography (SL)) without part registration comprising: an SL apparatus and a fluid dispensing apparatus furt... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7625200 | Extrusion head for use in extrusion-based layered deposition modeling An extrusion head comprising at least one mounting structure, a first liquefier pump secured to the at least one mounting structure, a second liquefier pump disposed adjacent to the first liquefier pump, a toggle mechanism supported by the at least one mounting stru... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7568904 | Stereolithography apparatus A supply part for supplying resin, a smoothing part for smoothing the resin, and an objective lens for exposing the smoothed resin to light are provided in separate positions within substantially the same horizontal plane, and a modeling part is movable by a horizon... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7556490 | Multi-material stereolithography Methods and systems of stereolithography for building cost-efficient and time-saving multi-material, multi-functional and multi-colored prototypes, models and devices configured for intermediate washing and curing/drying is disclosed including: laser(s), liquid and/... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7540738 | Arrangement for the production of a three-dimensional product The invention relates to an arrangement for the production of a three-dimensional product, which arrangement comprises a work bench on which the said three-dimensional product is to be constructed, a powder dispenser which is arranged to apply a thin layer of powder... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7500846 | Rapid prototyping apparatus Apparatus for producing an object by sequentially forming thin layers of a construction material one on top of the other responsive to data defining the object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing heads each having a surface formed with a plurality of ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7467939 | Material delivery tension and tracking system for use in solid imaging A solid imaging apparatus and method employing a radiation transparent build material carrier and a build material dispensing system that accurately controls the thickness of the transferred layer of solidifiable liquid build material to the radiation transparent bu... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7435367 | Cement system including a binder for use in freeform fabrication A cement system for use in freeform fabrication includes a binder composition, which comprises an organic acid and/or an inorganic acid including a phosphate ion, a polyacid, and a primarily aqueous solvent. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435072 | Methods and systems for producing an object through solid freeform fabrication A method of producing an object through solid freeform fabrication, the method including fabricating a support structure about at least a portion of the object by applying a binder or focused energy to a build material. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7384255 | Rapid prototyping system with controlled material feedstock A deposition modeling system incorporates a drive mechanism to feed a strand of filament to create a model. The drive mechanism comprises a pivot block that is rotatably connected to a fixed block and a motor that rotates a drive shaft. A drive roller is connected t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378052 | Method and apparatus for producing free-form products A method and apparatus for producing products from a powered base material, by means of so-called free form fabrication, wherein the powder granules are bound together into a solid product. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374415 | Apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface An apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface includes a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is coupled to the flexure syst... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7351051 | Powder sinter layered manufacturing apparatus A powder sinter layered manufacturing apparatus is provided with a first container 13 of a cylindrical shape for defining a first manufacturing region, a first manufacturing table 15 configured to move vertically along an inner wall of the first contai... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347682 | Method and device for producing a workpiece with exact geometry A method and apparatus for the production of a workpiece of exact geometry and high surface quality, such as, for example, a forming tool, are disclosed. Preferably computer-controlled, the apparatus follows the method of the invention to produce the workpiece by ra... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338275 | Formation of discontinuous films during an imprint lithography process The present invention is directed to a template having a body including a surface with first and second regions. The first region has first wetting characteristics for a given material and the second region has second wetting characteristics for the given material. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326377 | Solid-free-form fabrication process and apparatus including in-process workpiece cooling A solid free form fabrication system for manufacturing a component by successively building feedstock layers representing successive cross-sectional component slices includes a platform for receiving and supporting the feedstock layers, a feedstock supplying apparat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328080 | Manufacturing methods and systems for rapid production of hearing-aid shells Methods, apparatus and computer program products provide efficient techniques for designing and printing shells of hearing-aid devices with a high degree of quality assurance and reliability and with a reduced number of manual and time consuming production steps and... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322674 | Printer system for developing a three-dimensional structure A printer system for developing a three dimensional, printed structure includes a plurality of printheads arranged in groups, the printheads in each group being configured to print voxels of material to define a respective layer of the structure. A substrate is conf... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320423 | High speed linear and rotary split-axis wire bonder A wire bonding machine is disclosed for bonding a wire to a semiconductor device. The wire bonding machine includes a wire bonding head having a bonding tool mounted to it. The bonding tool is adapted to attach a wire end to a semiconductor device. At least a portio... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7306319 | 3D object creation system comprising a plurality of layer groups and fault detection system A three-dimensional object creation system is provided. The system comprises: (i) a first printhead layer group comprising a plurality of first printheads configured for printing a first layer of the object; (ii) a second printhead layer group comprising a plurality... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296990 | Systems and methods of solid freeform fabrication with translating powder bins Solid freeform fabrication systems, powder supply bins for solid freeform fabrication systems, and methods of solid freeform fabrication are disclosed. One exemplary solid freeform fabrication system includes a powder supply bin, a build bin, a roller, and a print h... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294963 | Electro-luminescence display device and method of fabricating the same An electro-luminescence display device includes a connection film being connected to a driving circuit, a pad connected to the connection film in order to supply a driving signal from the driving circuit to a signal line formed on a substrate, a conductive film for ... | 11/13/2007 |
