ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,233, issued on July 15, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Three-dimensional shaping device" was invented by Keitaro Hashizume (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a stage, a heater, a head, a movement mechanism, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to perform first shaping layer forming processing of forming a first shaping layer by controlling the head and the movement mechanism to dispense the shaping material from the head, dispensing stop processing of stopping dispensing of the shaping material from the head by controlling the head, determination pro...