US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 2 for "Additive manufacturing apparatus and method of manufacturing three-dimensionally shaped object" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,624, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Additive manufacturing apparatus and method of manufacturing three-dimensionally shaped object" was invented by Koji Kitani (Tokyo) and Tsutomu Miki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a powder-layer forming portion, an energy beam source, a shielding portion, and/or a removal portion. The powder-layer forming portion is configured to form a powder layer by moving between a waiting position and a forming area and supplying powder to the forming area. The energy beam source is configured to irradiate the powder layer with an ene...