US 12,280,544 B2
Apparatus, system and method of providing a FFF printing nozzle
Erik Gjovik, St. Petersburg, FL (US); and William J. MacNeish, III, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Assigned to JABIL INC.
Filed by JABIL INC., St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,562.
Application 17/483,562 is a continuation of application No. 17/393,915, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Application 17/393,915 is a continuation of application No. 16/322,650, granted, now 12,122,095, previously published as PCT/US2017/045086, filed on Aug. 2, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/371,614, filed on Aug. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134653 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/209 (2017.08) [B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A 3D print nozzle, comprising:
an inner chamber comprising an inner facing side and an outer facing side, wherein the inner facing side encloses and is in direct contact with printing material, the printing material having a dynamic viscosity while within the inner chamber, and the inner chamber terminating in an orifice capable of outputting the printing material;
an outer shank around the inner chamber, wherein the outer shank includes the orifice, wherein the outer shank comprises an inner facing side and an outer facing side, and at least one nonconductive area that is on the outer facing side of the outer shank, wherein the at least one nonconductive area interconnects traces and sensors such that a sheath and the sensors are communicatively coupled;
the sheath is on the outer facing side of the outer shank, the sheath comprising traces that are communicatively connected to the sheath;
a collet suitable to be mechanically coupled to a distal portion of the outer shank, wherein the collet is communicatively connected to the traces; and
a plurality of applied coatings, wherein the applied coatings are applied to the inner facing side of the inner chamber.