US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 10 for "Systems for polymer powder performance improvements in additive manufacturing using encapsulation" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,154, issued on June 10, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems for polymer powder performance improvements in additive manufacturing using encapsulation" was invented by Paul J Wolcott (Macomb, Mich.), Adam McFarland (Royal Oak, Mich.), Andrew Thomas Cunningham (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Malini Dusey (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for manufacturing a product include a mixing station for preparing a solution containing a base material and a performance modifier. The base material is configured to deliver performance characteristics of the product that are preselected an...