US Patent Issued to Continuous Composites on Sept. 2 for "Method and apparatus for continuous composite three-dimensional printing" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,651, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Continuous Composites Inc. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho).

"Method and apparatus for continuous composite three-dimensional printing" was invented by Kenneth Lyle Tyler (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects are disclosed. Two or more materials are extruded simultaneously as a composite, with at least one material in liquid form and at least one material in a solid continuous strand completely encased within the liquid material. A means of curing the liquid material after extrusion hardens the composite. A ...