US 11,731,351 B2
System and method for deploying, harvesting, and in-situ three-dimensional printing of structures in an extraterrestrial environment
Jason D. Ballard, Austin, TX (US); Michael McDaniel, Austin, TX (US); Evan Jensen, Austin, TX (US); and Alex LeRoux, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to ICON Technology, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Icon Technology, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,917.
Application 17/830,917 is a continuation of application No. 17/308,667, filed on May 5, 2021, granted, now 11,383,436.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/070,528, filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,728, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305728 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B29C 64/329 (2017.01); B29C 64/232 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/236 (2017.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.01); B29C 64/25 (2017.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B64G 1/16 (2006.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01)
CPC B29C 64/165 (2017.08) [B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/232 (2017.08); B29C 64/236 (2017.08); B29C 64/25 (2017.08); B29C 64/268 (2017.08); B29C 64/314 (2017.08); B29C 64/329 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B64G 1/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for in-situ production of a three-dimensional object on a surface of an extraterrestrial body, comprising:
a collector comprising a slip form having opposed lateral surfaces; and
a conditioner comprising a laser configured to sinter further collected materials confined between the opposed lateral surfaces to additively form the object.