US Patent Issued to JABIL on June 24 for "Apparatus, system and method of operating an additive manufacturing nozzle" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,538, issued on June 24, was assigned to JABIL INC..

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