US Patent Issued to JABIL on July 15 for "Apparatus, system and method of operating an additive manufacturing nozzle" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,224, issued on July 15, was assigned to JABIL INC..

"Apparatus, system and method of operating an additive manufacturing nozzle" was invented by William MacNeish (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Erik Gjovik (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at leas...