US Patent Issued to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS on May 20 for "Means for receiving powder in an additive manufacturing machine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,977, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Means for receiving powder in an additive manufacturing machine" was invented by Alain Freyermuth (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Denis Luttenbacher (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Vincent Royer (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing machine includes a system for receiving powder, including four sides: a right-hand partition and a left-hand partition, a front partition and a rear partition, wherein at least two opposite sides each includes two hinged portions allowing the folding of the sides. The system i...