US 12,290,985 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 Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,140.
Application 18/170,140 is a continuation of application No. 17/443,425, filed on Jul. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,613,080.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,825, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191697 A1, Jun. 22, 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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
a support; and
a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support, the print head including:
an outlet configured to discharge a composite material comprising a continuous reinforcement and a matrix in a trajectory along a central axis of the outlet;
a clamp configured to selectively clamp the composite material and inhibit discharge of the composite material; and
a compactor disposed downstream of the outlet relative to the trajectory and configured to roll over and press discharged composite material transversely against an adjacent surface,
wherein the outlet and the clamp are configured to translate together relative to the compactor.