ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,976, issued on May 20, was assigned to TUSAS- TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey).
"Additive manufacturing device" was invented by Hakan Yavas (Ankara, Turkey) and Ahmet Alptug Tanrikulu (Ankara, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body and a table that is located on the body and allows powders to be laid thereon by a laying apparatus is disclosed. At least one layer is created by sintering or fusing the powders laid on the table, a part is produced by depositing the layers using an additive manufacturing method, at least one heat source assembly that is located on the body and applies heat treatmen...