US Patent Issued to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA on Nov. 11 for "Actuator for three-dimensional printing system" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,135, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Actuator for three-dimensional printing system" was invented by Federico Venturi (Sugar Land, Texas) and Nanzhu Zhao (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional printing system includes a tank containing a liquid photopolymer resin. An arm is configured to be movable relative to the tank. A rigid base is connected to the arm. A light source is configured to emit light to the tank to form an object on the rigid base. An actuator is connected to at least one of the build plate and the tank. The actuator is configured to deform when...