Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for vibration-assisted stereolithography
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Application No.: US16440780Application Date: 2019-06-13
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Publication No.: US11858213B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Yong Chen , Jie Jin
- Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: SNELL & WILMER LLP
- Main IPC: B29C64/245
- IPC: B29C64/245 ; B29C64/205 ; B29C64/10

Abstract:
A system for additively manufacturing a build part. The system includes a build platform configured for disposition within a resin tank, and a light source configured to cure a layer of resin. The layer of resin is disposed adjacent to a pre-cure build surface of the build part. The system also includes a constrained surface located between the build platform and the light source and configured to form a boundary for the layer of resin disposed between the constrained surface and the pre-cure build surface. The constrained surface is configured to vibrate to reduce a separation force required to separate the constrained surface from a post-cure build surface of the build part. The system also includes a vibratory source configured to vibrate the constrained surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190381732A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VIBRATION-ASSISTED STEREOLITHOGRAPHY Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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