ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,651, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sandvik Machining Solutions AB (Sandviken, Sweden).
"Method for manufacturing an article on top of a base device" was invented by Ville-Pekka Matilainen (Sandviken, Sweden) and Per Viklund (Sandviken, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing an article on top of a base device with an additive manufacturing device, having a build plate, using an additive manufacturing process is provided. The method includes positioning the base device on the build plate and providing a cover layer on the build plate, wherein the cover layer has a recess for the base device. The method fu...