US 12,128,607 B2
Systems and methods for additive manufacturing
Maxwell Joseph Johnson, Hayden, ID (US); Nathan Andrew Stranberg, Post Falls, ID (US); Ryan C. Stockett, Spokane, WA (US); Mikel Negugogor, Logan, UT (US); Chase Bosman, Post Falls, ID (US); Logan Lalonde, Post Falls, ID (US); Stephen Tyler Wilson, Coeur D'Alene, ID (US); and Christopher Losee, 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 Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,492.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/262,802, filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121549 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 64/118 (2017.08) [B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of additively manufacturing a structural joint within an object using a composite material, comprising:
depositing a first path of the composite material within a first layer at the joint to at least partially form one or more branches, the first path having:
a center portion at a center of the joint;
a first portion integral with the center portion and extending away from the center portion, and
a second portion integral with the center portion and extending away from the center portion opposite the first portion; and
depositing a second path of the composite material within the first layer at the joint to at least partially form one or more branches, the second path having:
a center portion at the center of the joint; and
a first portion integral with the center portion of the second path and extending away from the center portion of the second path,
wherein the center portion of the second path is parallel with, abuts and is bonded to the center portion of the first path,
depositing at least one path of the composite material within a second layer at the joint,
wherein the at least one path in the second layer forms branches differing from branches formed in the first layer by either of the first or second paths.