US Patent Issued to General Electric on June 3 for "Thermoplastic binders for use in binder jetting additive manufacturing" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,842, issued on June 3, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Thermoplastic binders for use in binder jetting additive manufacturing" was invented by Arunkumar Natarajan (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Carlos Bonilla Gonzalez (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Kwok Pong Chan (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binder solution configured for use in binder jet printing is provided. The binder solution may include a primer, a surfactant, and a linkable thermoplastic binder comprising a first polymer strand a second polymer strand, wherein the first polymer strand comprises a first functional group and the second polymer strand com...