ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,199, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to JABIL INC..

"Apparatus, system and method of providing dynamic hob pinch force in an additive manufacturing print head" was invented by Scott Klimczak (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Luke Rodgers (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Darin Burgess (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a print head for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least two proximate hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing; a motor capable of impart...