US Patent Issued to Thermwood on Dec. 16 for "Methods and apparatus for processing and dispensing material during additive manufacturing" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,777, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Thermwood Corp. (Dale, Ind.).

"Methods and apparatus for processing and dispensing material during additive manufacturing" was invented by Kenneth J. Susnjara (Birdseye, Ind.), Nicolas Vote (Newburgh, Ind.), Robert Gaesser (Dale, Ind.), Brian S. Smiddy (Newburgh, Ind.) and Scott G. Vaal (Jasper, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing machine includes a first segment that is movable while the additive manufacturing machine deposits material, a second segment being configured to move relative to the first segment, and an extruder having a screw disposed within a barrel. The...