Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermal supports for 3D features formed from particles
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Application No.: US16606275Application Date: 2017-10-25
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Publication No.: US11607842B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Wei Huang , Gary J. Dispoto
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/US2017/058362 WO 20171025
- International Announcement: WO2019/083531 WO 20190502
- Main IPC: B29C64/165
- IPC: B29C64/165 ; B29C64/218 ; B29C64/268 ; B29C64/393 ; B29C64/40 ; B33Y40/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02

Abstract:
According to examples, a three-dimensional (3D) fabrication system may include a controller to identify a feature of an object to be fabricated and based on the identified feature having a size that is smaller than a predefined size, determine a thermal support for the identified feature. The controller may also control fabrication components to form, through application of energy, the determined thermal support from a first set of particles, form an intermediate section adjacent to the formed thermal support from a second set of particles, and form, through application of energy, the feature adjacent to the intermediate section from a third set of particles, in which heat from the thermal support is to reduce a thermal bleed rate of the third set of particles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210114290A1 THERMAL SUPPORTS FOR 3D FEATURES FORMED FROM PARTICLES Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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