US Patent Issued to EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems on Aug. 12 for "Powder discharge module for an additive manufacturing apparatus, additive manufacturing apparatus and method of applying a powder layer" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,961, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems (Krailling, Germany).

"Powder discharge module for an additive manufacturing apparatus, additive manufacturing apparatus and method of applying a powder layer" was invented by Stefan Gruenberger (Munich), Stefan Kneisel (Munich), Gabriel Schneider (Kempten, Germany), Stefanie Markl (Munich) and Stefan Paternoster (Andechs, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powder discharge module serves for a recoating device of an additive manufacturing device. A powder discharge module has a powder container for receiving the building material in powder form, and the po...