ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,778, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to E3D-Online Ltd. (Chalgrove, Great Britain).
"Liquefier nozzle for an additive manufacturing system" was invented by Mike Sherlock (Oxfordshire, Great Britain), Dylan Roberts (Oxfordshire, Great Britain), Rory Yonge (London), Sam Theobold (Abingdon, Great Britain), Andy Everitt (London) and John Connor LeClaire (Chalgrove, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a liquefier nozzle (100) for an additive manufacturing system, which includes a body (110,111,112) within which is received one or more inserts. One type of insert is a wear resistant tip insert (106) press-...