ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,547, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).
"Additive-manufacturing systems and methods" was invented by Kevin T. Slattery (St. Peters, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing system and method includes a powder bed, an additive manufacturing head that is configured to emit a first energy into the powder bed to form at least one layer of a component, a part exposing mechanism that is configured to operate so that the component is in a first position at a first time within the powder bed, and a second position at a second time in which a portion of the component is exposed outside of the powder...