US Patent Issued to Thermwood on Dec. 2 for "Apparatus and method for printing large thermoplastic parts during additive manufacturing" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,613, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Thermwood Corp. (Dale, Ind.).

"Apparatus and method for printing large thermoplastic parts during additive manufacturing" was invented by Kenneth J. Susnjara (Birdseye, Ind.), Scott G. Vaal (Jasper, Ind.), Brian S. Smiddy (Newburgh, Ind.) and Jonathan I. Fuquay (Boonville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to additive manufacturing apparatus and methods. An exemplary additive manufacturing system may include an extruder, the extruder having an opening dimensioned to receive a material. The apparatus may also include an extruder output in fluid com...