US Patent Issued to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES on June 24 for "Powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system with desiccant positioned within hopper and ultrasonic transducer" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,541, issued on June 24, was assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Los Angeles).

"Powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system with desiccant positioned within hopper and ultrasonic transducer" was invented by Michael Thomas Kenworthy (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for dehumidifying powder used as print material in a powder bed fusion (PBF) three-dimensional (3-D) system are disclosed. A hopper includes one or more ultrasonic transducers (UTs) positioned at strategic locations. When activated, the UTs use sound pressure at ultrasonic frequencies to agitate the powder particles held in the hopper. The move...