US Patent Issued to Optisys on July 1 for "Build orientation for additive manufacturing of complex structures" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,928, issued on July 1, was assigned to Optisys Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Build orientation for additive manufacturing of complex structures" was invented by Robert Smith (West Jordan, Utah) and Michael C. Hollenbeck (West Jordan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices of additive manufacturing (3D printing) of complex structures made of surfaces including at least some of which that are orthogonal to each other. Specifically disclosed herein are build orientations used to manufacture complex metal structures with a build chamber of an additive manufacturing printer. The novel build orientations allow the fabri...