US 11,926,099 B2
Additive manufacturing system
Andrew Michael Stulc, Spokane, WA (US); and Nathan Andrew Stranberg, Post Falls, ID (US)
Assigned to Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed by Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/180,633, filed on Apr. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339868 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/336 (2017.01); B29C 64/357 (2017.01); B29C 64/379 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/227 (2017.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01)
CPC B29C 64/336 (2017.08) [B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/241 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B29C 64/357 (2017.08); B29C 64/379 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29C 64/227 (2017.08); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
a support including a support base and at least one link extending from the support base, wherein the support is one of a robotic arm, a gantry, or an arm-gantry hybrid;
a print head;
a drive, including:
a drive base, wherein the drive base forms a portion of a joint connectable to the at least one link;
a slipring disposed inside of the drive base;
a drivetrain extending between the drive base and the print head, and
a rotary union disposed inside of the slipring and configured to pass a pressurized medium to the print head; and
a latching mechanism configured to connect the print head to the drivetrain using the pressurized medium.