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- Patent Title: Optical fiber connector for additive manufacturing system
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Application No.: US16884432Application Date: 2020-05-27
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Publication No.: US11951565B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Raghav Aggarwal , Martin C. Feldmann
- Applicant: VulcanForms Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Burlington
- Assignee: VulcanForms Inc.
- Current Assignee: VulcanForms Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Burlington
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: B23K26/34
- IPC: B23K26/34 ; B23K26/354 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y99/00 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/43 ; G02B6/44

Abstract:
Disclosed embodiments relate to additive manufacturing systems. In some embodiments, an additive manufacturing system may include a plurality of laser energy sources, an optics assembly configured to direct laser energy onto a build surface, and an optical fiber connector positioned between the plurality of laser energy sources and the optics assembly. A first plurality of optical fibers may extend between the plurality of laser energy sources and the optical fiber connector, and a second plurality of optical fibers may extend between the optical fiber connector and the optics assembly. Each optical fiber of the first plurality of optical fibers may be coupled to a corresponding optical fiber of the second plurality of optical fibers within the optical fiber connector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200376600A1 OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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