Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155775 | Support structure packaging A method comprising building at least one three-dimensional model and a support structure using a layer-based additive technique, where the at least one three-dimensional model is at least partially encased in the support structure, and where the support structure f... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155774 | 3D object fabrication methods and systems A 3D object fabrication method implemented in a fabrication system includes the following steps. A digital object model is retrieved. Sections of the digital object model are respectively printed on plural pieces of plane material. The pieces of plane material are c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8046097 | Region-based supports for parts produced by solid freeform fabrication Methods for generating supports (30) for parts (50) produced by solid freeform fabrication (“SFF”) are disclosed. The method includes defining a plurality of layers (L) that make up the part, and for each layer, determining those regions (R) that r... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8014889 | Transactional method for building three-dimensional objects The present invention is a method (10) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object. The method (10) includes receiving (14) digital information of the three-dimensional object over a communication line and building (30) the three-dimensi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010220 | Synchronous and optimum line delivery utilizing tact information A parts delivery management system and method that synchronizes production line side parts deliveries with a production schedule to facilitate delivering the right part to the right production line location at the right time. A consolidation center for receiving par... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996101 | Cartridge apparatus for three-dimensional object printing A cartridge apparatus for supplying materials to a three-dimensional printing system is provided. The cartridge apparatus may include a cartridge, a data storage device to record data relating to a material contained within the cartridge and a reader to read data fr... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991498 | Method and system for building painted three-dimensional objects Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for printing a painted three-dimensional object. Each layer of the object is printed so that only the external circumference of the layer contains colored material. The building material used may be transparent, ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7974727 | Volume element printing system with printhead groups of varying vertical displacement from substrate A volume element (voxel) printing system for printing a three-dimensional object includes a first printhead group having a plurality of first printheads configured to print a first voxel layer on a substrate; at least one second printhead group having a plurality of... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970485 | Systems and methods for determining width/space limits for a mask layout Systems for determining width/space limits for product mask layouts. A mask writer generates a first pattern on a test mask corresponding to a test mask layout. A lithography tool generates a second pattern on a wafer corresponding to a first pattern on a test mask ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962237 | Method and apparatus for optimizing a scanning plan in three-dimensional printing Embodiments of the present invention may include a method for printing three-dimensional objects, layer by layer utilizing an optimized scheme of predefined passes for each layer based on considerations related to both throughput and quality of printing. Embodiment ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962238 | Process for the production of a three-dimensional object with resolution improvement by pixel-shift The invention relates to a process or device for the production of a three-dimensional object by layer-wise solidification of a material which is solidifiable under the application of electromagnetic irradiation by means of mask illumination, wherein the mask is pro... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957825 | Splicing fuselage sections without shims Fuselage sections of an aircraft are joined using splice elements that compensate for gaps caused by mismatches between mating surfaces on the fuselage sections. The fuselage sections are virtually assembled using computer models that are based on non-contact measur... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7930054 | Method and system for toolpath generation A system and method for toolpath creation is provided. The method includes exporting CAD defined 3-D geometry to a slicing module; slicing the 3-D geometry creating a set of 2-D patterns representing the 3-D geometry; generating vector code from the set of 2-D patte... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920937 | Mechanical component having at least one fluid transport circuit and method for designing same in strata A mechanical part useful in various fields of application including plastic and metal processing is produced using a computer-aided design process including a preliminary break-down of the body of the part into elementary strata, followed by manufacture of the eleme... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917243 | Method for building three-dimensional objects containing embedded inserts A method for generating build sequence data for a computer-aided design model of a three-dimensional object, the method comprising identifying a location of an insert data representation in the computer-aided design model, slicing the computer-aided design model int... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7899569 | Method for building three-dimensional objects with extrusion-based layered deposition systems A method of forming a three-dimensional object using an extrusion-based layered deposition system, the method comprising generating a build path for building a layer of the three-dimensional object, where the build path defines a void region. The method further comp... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7831328 | Method and device for producing a three-dimensional object, and computer and data carrier useful therefor The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object by solidification of a material solidifiable under the action of electromagnetic radiation by means of energy input via an imaging unit comprising a predetermined number of discrete imaging e... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818084 | Methods and systems for making a blood vessel sleeve Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that include accepting one or more blood vessel sleeve dimensions based on blood vessel data from an individual; and making a rapid-prototyped blood vessel sleeve at least partly base... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7797071 | Printer system including a placement mechanism for placing objects 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 in register with each set so that printe... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797072 | Prosthetic limb with replaceable fairing A prosthetic limb has an outer surface that is a mirror image of an intact limb. The intact limb is scanned and the surface data is manipulated to create a virtual mirror image. The end of the amputated limb is also scanned to obtain socket data. A virtual limb is d... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7787979 | Splicing fuselage sections without shims Fuselage sections of an aircraft are joined using splice elements that compensate for gaps caused by mismatches between mating surfaces on the fuselage sections. The fuselage sections are virtually assembled using computer models that are based on non-contact measur... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7774084 | Computer-aided implanting of orthodontic anchorage devices using surgical guides A system for implanting a temporary anchorage device in a jaw bone of a patient makes use of a digital representation of at least a portion of the patient's dental arch, including teeth and corresponding roots, in order to select a temporary anchorage device (TAD) i... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769481 | Head assignment system and method To generate course head assignments for a multihead composite material application machine having a set of heads, a set of paths for a ply for a composite part is received and it is determined whether each path of the set of paths complies with a head characteristic... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747341 | Method and device for the production of a three-dimensional multi-material component by means of ink-jet-type printing Producing a three-dimensional multi-material component whereby successive layers of at least one material are printed by a drop ink-jet-type printer including cutting a representation of the multi-material component into remarkable objects; cutting the representatio... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734367 | Method of optimizing the joints between layers in modelling or prototyping involving layer decomposition, and the parts obtained In a method for optimizing the joints between layers along portions of the layers which are flush with the surface of a part obtained by computer-aided modeling or prototyping involving layer decomposition, the connecting profile of two successive layers is mathemat... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725209 | Three-dimensional object printing Apparatus and method for controlling modeling material supply in a three-dimensional object-printing system (100). The apparatus may include one or more cartridges (180) containing modeling materials that may be connected via a set or matrix of valves ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715938 | Method and system for predictive modeling of articles, such as tampons A modeling method for predictive modeling of a product, which may be but one example of a family of such modeling methods, includes receiving one of a processing condition of a process used to make a fibrous material into the product or a measurement of a property o... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706909 | Three-dimension printing system including semiconductor object incorporation device A system that prints three dimensional products is provided. The system includes at least one printhead for printing material to create the printed product, and an object incorporation device. The object incorporation device incorporates inorganic semiconductor obje... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7693595 | Volume element printing system Provided is a volume element printing system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system includes a first printhead group having a plurality of first printheads configured to print a first voxel layer on a substrate, and at least one second printhead group h... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689314 | Volume element printing system with an object insertion device The invention provides for a volume element (voxel) printing system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system includes a first printhead group having a plurality of first printheads configured to print a first voxel layer on a substrate, and at least one s... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680555 | Auto tip calibration in an extrusion apparatus The present invention is a method for performing a calibration routine of a deposition device in a three-dimensional modeling machine that deposits a material to build up three-dimensional objects as directed by a controller on a substrate mounted on a platform. The... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7653455 | Computer-aided implanting of orthodontic anchorage devices using surgical guides A system for implanting a temporary anchorage device in a jaw bone of a patient makes use of a digital representation of at least a portion of the patient's dental arch, including teeth and corresponding roots, in order to select a temporary anchorage device (TAD) i... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7636610 | Method and device for producing a three-dimensional object, and computer and data carrier useful therefor The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object by solidification of a material solidifiable under the action of electromagnetic radiation by means of energy input via an imaging unit comprising a predetermined number of discrete imaging e... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7555357 | Method for building three-dimensional objects with extrusion-based layered deposition systems A method of forming a three-dimensional object using an extrusion-based layered deposition system, the method comprising generating a build path for building a layer of the three-dimensional object, where the build path defines a void region. The method further comp... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7536235 | Multihead composite material application machine post-processor method and apparatus for manufacturing composite structures A composite part program post-processor that produces a composite part program for use with a computer-numerical control (CNC) multihead composite material application machine. The post-processor includes a definition receiver, a route delineator, an approach and de... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7496424 | Method of manufacturing a pressure intensifying tool and tool produced thereby A tool used to direct the pressure applied to features of a plastic laminate part layup during co-curing or co-bonding is manufactured using direct digital manufacturing techniques. A CAD drawing representing the tool is generated and converted into digital data fil... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7460921 | Dynamic marking system A method and associated software and a system for automatic package marking makes use of specification of an image for a package. The specification includes specifications of data fields for marking on a package. Data values for the data fields are received from mul... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454262 | Arrangement and method for production of a three dimensional object Arrangement for producing a three-dimensional product, which arrangement comprises a work table on which said three-dimensional product is to be built up, a powder dispenser which is arranged so as to distribute a thin layer of powder on the work table for forming a... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7430731 | Method for electrochemically fabricating three-dimensional structures including pseudo-rasterization of data Some embodiments of the invention are directed to techniques for electrochemically fabricating multi-layer three-dimensional structures where selective patterning of at least one or more layers occurs via a mask which is formed using data representing cross-sections... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7416276 | Digitally active 3-D object creation system A method of printing a three-dimensional object is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of stationary printhead layer groups, each layer group comprising at least one printhead for printing a respective layer of the object; conveying a partially-form... | 08/26/2008 |
