US 12,280,536 B2
Support structures with fluid channels
Alan Lai, Cambridge, MA (US); Alison Forsyth, Somerville, MA (US); Paul Titchener, Somerville, MA (US); and Lyle Cheatham, Marblehead, MA (US)
Assigned to Alloy Enterprises Inc., Burlington, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/696,958
Filed by Alloy Enterprises Inc., Burlington, MA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/045577
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 28, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/059569, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/252,092, filed on Oct. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336006 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B29C 64/147 (2017.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/147 (2017.08) [B29L 2023/001 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for laminated manufacturing of an object, the method comprising:
depositing at least a first metallic sheet on a substrate, the first metallic sheet comprising a first part region and a first support structure region that is a non-object component of the first metallic sheet, the first part region and the first support structure region separated at least in part by a first void space formed by cutting the first metallic sheet; and
operably positioning a plate with respect to the first metallic sheet so that the first void space forms a channel suitable for carrying a fluid,
wherein a first bridge remaining after cutting the first metallic sheet connects the first part region and the first support structure region of the first metallic sheet, and
wherein the first support stricture region conforms to the first part region and an exterior of the first metallic sheet.