US 12,257,785 B2
Braided mesh robotic support for three-dimensional (3D) prints
Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Alajuela (CR); Franz Friedrich Liebinger Portela, San Pablo de Heredia (CR); David Alonso Campos Batista, Aurora (CR); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,393.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241842 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/40 (2017.08) [B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a computing device, at least one structure in a three-dimensional (3D) object source file requiring support for printing the at least one structure by a 3D printer;
adding, by the computing device, to a 3D print file an instruction to request deployment of a support structure at a location to support the at least one structure by the 3D printer;
providing to the 3D printer, by the computing device, the 3D print file with the instruction to request deployment of the support structure at the location to support the at least one structure by the 3D printer; and
deploying the support structure at the location, wherein the support structure comprises a flexible braided mesh fabric, wherein the flexible braided mesh fabric changes size and shape based on an applied electrical current.