US 12,319,003 B2
Cooling unit with a self-locking latch mechanism
Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); Wojciech Jerzy Krasowski, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); Arturo Garcia Gomez, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES); and Josep Maria Fernandez Sanjuan, Sant Cugat del Valles (ES)
Assigned to Peridot Print LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/309,760
Filed by Peridot Print LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/029679
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/222750, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055306 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B22F 12/20 (2021.01); B29C 64/364 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC B29C 64/364 (2017.08) [B22F 12/20 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooling unit coupleable to a build unit of a 3D printing system, the cooling unit comprising:
a cooling unit having a cooling unit opening on a first side of the cooling unit, wherein the cooling unit opening on the first side of the cooling unit is arranged to face a build unit opening on a first side of the build unit when the cooling unit is coupled to the build unit to transfer content from the build unit to the cooling unit through the build unit opening and the cooling unit opening in a 3D printing process, and
a self-locking latch mechanism to couple the cooling unit to the build unit such that the cooling unit opening faces the build unit opening, wherein a first component of the self-locking latch mechanism mounted to the cooling unit is engaged with a second component of the self-locking latch mechanism mounted to the build unit upon alignment of the cooling unit opening on the first side of the cooling unit with the build unit opening on the first side of the build unit.