ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,536, issued on April 22, was assigned to Alloy Enterprises Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Support structures with fluid channels" was invented by Alan Lai (Cambridge, Mass.), Alison Forsyth (Somerville, Mass.), Paul Titchener (Somerville, Mass.) and Lyle Cheatham (Marblehead, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for manufacturing a workpiece. The method described herein includes depositing at least a first sheet on a substrate, the first sheet comprising a first part region and a first support structure region separated at least in part by a first void space; and operably positioning a plate with respect to the first s...