ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,365, issued on June 17, was assigned to Magna Exteriors Inc. (Aurora, Canada).
"Apparatus and method for 3D printing with smooth surface" was invented by Thomas M. Whitfield (Toronto), John A. Ingram (Richmond Hill, Canada), Zongxun Wang (Toronto) and Alexis Baltazar-y-Jimenez (Concord, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and process for forming a predetermined three-dimensional (3D) object, in particular to an apparatus and method for making of a predetermined 3D object including an outer finished show surface without the use of post processing steps, and selectively printing three-dimension features onto another surf...