US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 13 for "Attachment structure for additive manufacturing" (Ohio, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,535, issued on May 13, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Attachment structure for additive manufacturing" was invented by Christopher David Barnhill (Cincinnati), Zhen Liu (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Trent William Muhlenkamp (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a build module. A feed module is configured to support a first portion of a resin support. The first portion of the resin support is supported by a feed mounting panel. A take-up module is configured to support a second portion of the resin support. The second portion of the resin support is supported by a take...