Patents
US 12420488 B2: Systems and methods for controlling additive manufacturing
- Granted
- 2025-09-23
- Filed
- 2022-02-23 application 17652223
- Type
- Utility · 13 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Methods and associated systems and apparatus are disclosed for determining a tool path for use in additively manufacturing a structure. The methods may include identifying a propagation surface onto which material forming at least part of the structure is to be deposited, and determining a structure boundary associated with the propagation surface and defining at least part of the structure. The methods may also include determining one or more structure layers offset from the propagation surface and laterally bounded by the structure boundary; generating a tool path for each structure layer.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250923.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Composites Inc. 143 patents | US company or organization | Coeur d'Alene, ID | Continuous Composites Inc. Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state CONTINUOUS COMPOSITES Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikel Negugogor | Logan, UT | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Logan Lalonde | Twin Falls, ID | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Rachael Kathleen Morris | Liberty Lake, WA | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B29C | Shaping or joining of plastics; shaping of material in a plastic state, not otherwise provided for; after-treatment of the shaped products, e.g. repairing | B29C64/393 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B33Y | Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3d] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3d printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering | B33Y30/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F30/20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G05B | Control or regulating systems in general; functional elements of such systems; monitoring or testing arrangements for such systems or elements | G05B19/4099 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | NEGUGOGOR, MIKEL signed 2022-02-28 | CONTINUOUS COMPOSITES INC. COEUR D'ALENE, ID | 59247/970 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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