US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama on Nov. 18 for "Friction based additive manufacturing systems and methods" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,562, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

"Friction based additive manufacturing systems and methods" was invented by Paul Galon Allison (Northport, Ala.) and James Brian Jordon (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations of a system for friction based additive manufacturing include a tool head that includes a central axis, a first end, and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end along the central axis. The tool head defines a feed channel that extends between openings defined by the first end and the second end. The op...