US Patent Issued to Nexa3D on June 3 for "Nozzle assembly with a serpentine path for printer head of 3D printer" (Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,997, issued on June 3, was assigned to Nexa3D Inc. (Ventura, Calif.).

"Nozzle assembly with a serpentine path for printer head of 3D printer" was invented by William Jack MacNeish III (Santa Ana, Calif.), Charles Brandon Sweeney (Pflugerville, Texas) and Alex Stockton (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle assembly for a printer head of a 3D printer includes at least two conduit portions, with each conduit portion including an interfacing surface having a recessed channel that is non-linear. The recessed channels cooperate with one another to define a serpentine path, in response to the interfacing surfaces of the asso...