US 12,234,877 B2
Apparatuses and methods for reducing vibration of 3D printers
Ashley Sawatsky, Plum Coulee (CA)
Filed by Ashley Sawatsky, Plum Coulee (CA)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,372.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052751 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16F 15/02 (2006.01); B29C 64/25 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01)
CPC F16F 15/02 (2013.01) [B29C 64/25 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination, a 3D printer and a stabilization apparatus for reducing vibration of said 3D printer during operation thereof atop a support surface, wherein said stabilization apparatus comprises:
a stationary framework comprising a base placeable in a working position seated atop said support surface and having a greater two-dimensional footprint than said 3D printer, whereby, in said position, an outer perimeter of said base of the stabilization apparatus resides in surrounding relation around the two-dimensional footprint of said 3D printer; and
one or more flexible suspenders each having an elongated shape between longitudinally opposing first and second ends thereof;
one or more anchor points each associated with a respective one of the one or more flexible suspenders and each defined on the stationary framework at a respective location of elevated relation to an underside of the base, each of said one or more anchor points holding the first end of said respective one of the one or more flexible suspenders to thereby anchor said respective one of the one or more flexible suspenders to the stationary framework;
wherein the second end of said respective one of the one or more flexible suspenders is secured either to the 3D printer, or to a floating support of the stabilization apparatus atop which the 3D printer is seated, at a lesser elevation than the anchor point at which the first end of said respective one of the one or more flexible suspenders is held to the stationary framework, and wherein the 3D printer is supported solely by the one or more flexible suspenders and in a state of both floating and suspended relation to the stationary framework, and a weight of said 3D printer exerts tension on each of said one or more flexible suspenders.