US 12,290,983 B2
Print head for additive manufacturing system
Trevor David Budge, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US); Brock Adam Jahner, Kalispell, MT (US); Jeremiah R. Smith, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US); Nathan Andrew Stranberg, Post Falls, ID (US); Andrew Michael Stulc, Harrison, NJ (US); Samuel VanDenBerg, Hayden, ID (US); Stephen Tyler Wilson, Coeur D'Alene, ID (US); and Andrew John Overby, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Assigned to Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed by Continuous Composites Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,842.
Application 18/059,842 is a continuation of application No. 17/443,942, filed on Jul. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,541,598.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,825, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122355 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/171 (2017.01); B29C 64/241 (2017.01); B29C 64/255 (2017.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B29C 64/343 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 64/209 (2017.08) [B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/171 (2017.08); B29C 64/241 (2017.08); B29C 64/255 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B29C 64/314 (2017.08); B29C 64/343 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B29C 2948/92904 (2019.02); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
a support;
a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support, the print head including:
a first supply configured to hold a liquid matrix;
a second supply configured to hold a continuous reinforcement;
a wetting module configured to separately receive the liquid matrix and the continuous reinforcement from the first and second supplies, respectively, and to discharge a composite material including the continuous reinforcement wetted with the liquid matrix, wherein the wetting module includes a body forming an internal chamber having a reinforcement inlet to receive the continuous reinforcement, an outlet to discharge the composite material, and a matrix inlet located between the reinforcement inlet and the outlet; and
a compactor located downstream of the wetting module and configured to move over and compact the composite material, wherein the wetting module is moveable relative to the compactor, the first supply, and the second supply.