Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three-dimensional (3D) printing
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Application No.: US16072123Application Date: 2016-05-12
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Publication No.: US10647053B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Kristopher J. Erickson , Lihua Zhao , Howard S. Tom , Aja Hartman , Yan Zhao , Andrew E. Fitzhugh
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Dierker & Kavanaugh PC
- International Application: PCT/US2016/032027 WO 20160512
- International Announcement: WO2017/196330 WO 20171116
- Main IPC: B27N5/00
- IPC: B27N5/00 ; B29C41/22 ; B29C67/04 ; B29C70/28 ; B29C71/04 ; B29C64/112 ; B33Y70/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29C67/00 ; B29C64/165 ; B29C64/264

Abstract:
In an example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing method, a polymeric build material is applied. A fusing agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the polymeric build material. A mechanical tailoring agent is selectively applied on at least a region of the portion. The polymeric build material is exposed to radiation, thereby fusing the at least the portion of the polymeric build material in contact with the fusing agent to form a layer. The mechanical tailoring agent forms a composite layer in the at least the region, and the composite layer has a different mechanical property than that of an area of the layer not in contact with the mechanical tailoring agent.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190030788A1 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTING Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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