Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid additive manufacturing
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Application No.: US16157750Application Date: 2018-10-11
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Publication No.: US11292212B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Nicholas John Foster , Matthew David Day
- Applicant: X Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: B29C69/02
- IPC: B29C69/02 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29C64/393 ; B33Y40/00 ; B29C51/46

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on a computer-readable storage medium, for performing hybrid additive manufacturing. In some implementations, a hybrid additive manufacturing system causes a three-dimensional printer to print a sheet of material that includes printed features on one side of the sheet, each printed feature having a structural characteristic that is different from structural characteristics of a majority of the sheet. The system causes a molding machine to form the sheet using a mold, where at least one printed feature corresponds with an area of the mold at which the sheet deforms while being formed.
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