US Patent Issued to 3D SYSTEMS on Jan. 27 for "Correcting positional discrepancies of a build plate in a photocurable resin" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,845, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to 3D SYSTEMS INC. (Rock Hill, S.C.).

"Correcting positional discrepancies of a build plate in a photocurable resin" was invented by David Sabo (San Diego), Grant Draper (San Diego), Curtis J. Behrend (San Diego) and Nickolas M. Clinton (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a 3D article includes providing a 3D printing system including a rigid base with a vertical beam, an elevator for translation along the vertical beam, the elevator containing an elevator actuator and a force sensor, a vertical movement mechanism, a build platform including a build plate havi...