Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surface feature formation for three-dimensional printing
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Application No.: US16978869Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US11759996B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Kristopher J. Erickson , Anthony McLennan , Lihua Zhao
- 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/US2018/030006 2018.04.27
- International Announcement: WO2019/209343A 2019.10.31
- Date entered country: 2020-09-08
- Main IPC: B29C64/106
- IPC: B29C64/106 ; B29C64/264 ; B29C64/188 ; B22F12/13 ; B22F12/30 ; B22F10/64 ; B22F1/054 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y40/20 ; B22F10/25 ; B22F10/28 ; B22F10/39

Abstract:
An example system includes a three-dimensional (3D) printer to generate a 3D object and a surface feature formation arrangement to receive the 3D object. The 3D object has at least one surface with a layer of at least partly uncured material. The surface feature formation arrangement includes a controller and a heat source. The controller is to operate the heat source to selectively apply heat to the at least one surface of the 3D object. The heat from the heat source is to transform the at least partly uncured material to form a selected feature on the at least one surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210046700A1 SURFACE FEATURE FORMATION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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