ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,033, issued on July 22, was assigned to Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Japan).
"Nozzle and additive manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Shimpei Fujimaki (Mishima, Japan) and Yasushi Fukase (Numazu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle includes a nozzle member includes a first passage, a second passage surrounding the first passage and configured to eject powder and fluid from an end portion, a diffusion room apart from the end portion and configured to supply the powder and the fluid to the second passage, and a supply path to supply the powder and the fluid to the diffusion room. A first inner surface of the no...