Print head for additive manufacturing system

US11613080B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continuous Composites Inc. · US

Inventors

• Trevor David Budge · Coeur d'Alene, US
• Brock Adam Jahner · Kalispell, US
• Jeremiah R. Smith · Coeur d'Alene, US
• Nathan Andrew Stranberg · Twin Falls, US
• Andrew Michael Stulc · Spokane, US
• Samuel VanDenBerg · Hayden, US
• Stephen T. Wilson · Libertyville, US
• Andrew John Overby · Coeur d'Alene, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 26, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P10/25
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support. The print head may include an outlet configured to discharge a material in a trajectory along a central axis of the outlet, and a compactor disposed downstream of the outlet relative to the trajectory and configured to press the material transversely against an adjacent surface. The outlet may be configured to translate relative to the compacting module.