US Patent Issued to Thermwood on Sept. 30 for "Methods and systems for support structures in cut parts" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,699, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Thermwood Corp. (Dale, Ind.).

"Methods and systems for support structures in cut parts" was invented by Kenneth J. Susnjara (Birdseye, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a part includes removing material with a cutting machine to form a plurality of segments, at least two of the segments including an anchoring structure, connecting two or more segments to form a first layer, and connecting two or more additional segments to form a second layer. The method also includes connecting the first layer to the second layer and connecting a support structure directly to two ...