Patents Assigned to Align Technology
  • Recoating system including moving blade
    Patent number: 12343938
    Abstract: A system includes a build platform configured to support an object that is being formed from layers of resin. The system further includes one or more blades configured to provide the layers of resin to form the object on the build platform. At least a first blade of the one or more blades is configured to vibrate to reduce viscosity of the layers of resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Align Technology
    Inventors: Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Peter Dorfinger, Umesh Upendra Choudhary, Michael Christopher Cole
  • Systems and methods for forming an object
    Patent number: 7092784
    Abstract: A method produces an object using thermal-forming by positioning a die representative of the object in a chamber; positioning a sheet of material over the die; pressurizing the chamber; and delivering a beam of energy over the sheet and the die to form the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Align Technology
    Inventor: Barry A. Simkins