Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of using a support structure as a fiducial for measuring position
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Application No.: US16548271Application Date: 2019-08-22
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Publication No.: US11485129B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: Brent Jorgenson , Michael D. Bosveld , Logan R. Kiene , Jerome W. Goetzke , Benjamin L. Braton , David Mulcrone
- Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Agent Peter J. Ims
- Main IPC: B33Y10/00
- IPC: B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29C64/40 ; G01B13/03 ; B29C64/209 ; B29C64/364 ; B29C64/118

Abstract:
A probe for an additive manufacturing system includes a probe body having a first air port therethrough between an inlet and an outlet, and a location sensing probe extending from the probe body. The location sensing probe includes a probe end and a probe bar, the probe bar coupled between the probe body and the probe end, and a channel surrounding the probe bar, the channel having an inner tube having an inlet proximate the probe body and an outlet proximate the probe end. A method of determining a position of an item being printed in an additive manufacturing system, includes probing the position with a location sensing probe having a resolution finer than a print resolution of the print head.
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