ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,599, issued on May 27, was assigned to SprintRay Inc. (Los Angeles).
"Magnetic locking system for use with three-dimensional printing systems" was invented by Huijian Tian (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic locking system for securing a printing platform to a print arm within a three-dimensional (3D) printing system is provided. First and second magnets are configured with an end of the print arm, and a locking plate formed of a material that is attracted to magnetic fields is configured with the printing platform. The magnets are configured with a moving assembly that toggles the magnets with respect to one anoth...