US Patent Issued to Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology on July 29 for "3D printer and feed detection apparatus thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,744, issued on July 29, was assigned to Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"3D printer and feed detection apparatus thereof" was invented by Hui-Lin Liu (Shenzhen, China), Jing-Ke Tang (Shenzhen, China), Chun Chen (Shenzhen, China), Dan-Jun Ao (Shenzhen, China) and Sheng-Yuan Lv (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feed detection apparatus of a 3D printer, comprising a gear, a measurement device, a support, and a compression assembly. The gear is provided on the support to abut against a filament material, and rotates along with a movement of the filament material. The measurement device is place...