ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,628, issued on March 25, was assigned to VulcanForms Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Plate mounting in additive manufacturing" was invented by Matthew Sweetland (Bedford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Build plate assemblies and their methods of use for an additive manufacturing system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a build plate assembly may include a build plate with a build surface and one or more recesses formed in the build plate. One or more inserts may be inserted into the corresponding one or more recesses of the build plate such that a portion of the one or more inserts are accessible through one or more corresponding...