ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,620, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Three-dimensional shaping apparatus" was invented by Naoki Shishido (Shonai-Machi, Japan) and Akira Kitahara (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes: a discharge unit having a nozzle opening and configured to discharge a shaping material from the nozzle opening; a stage having a shaping surface supporting the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit; a sensor unit configured to detect the shaping material supported on the shaping surface; and a control unit configured to control the discharge unit to lam...