US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on March 25 for "Three-dimensional object printing apparatus and three-dimensional object printing method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,774, issued on March 25, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Three-dimensional object printing apparatus and three-dimensional object printing method" was invented by Masaru Kumagai (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface, a moving mechanism that changes a position and a pose of the liquid discharge head relative to a three-dimensional workpiece, and a controller. The workpiece has a first surface and a second surface that forms a corner bent or curved in a concave shape between the first surface and the second surf...