Patents Assigned to MakerBot Industries
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER WITH LASER LINE SCANNER
    Publication number: 20140036034
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printer includes a laser line scanner and hardware to rotate the scanner relative to an object on a build platform. In this configuration, three-dimensional surface data can be obtained from the object, e.g., for use as an input to subsequent processing steps such as the generation of tool instructions to fabricate a three-dimensional copy of the object, or various surfaces thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Hugo Boyer, Anthony James Buser, Ariel Douglas, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • DOWNLOADABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS
    Publication number: 20130329257
    Abstract: A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Anthony James Buser, Justin Day, Jonah Gold, Bryan Vaccaro, Joseph Neal
  • DOWNLOADABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS
    Publication number: 20130329258
    Abstract: A server is configured to store a number of different models of an object in machine-ready form corresponding to a number of different three-dimensional printers having differing capabilities and/or hardware configurations. When a user at a client device or a printer requests the object, the server automatically determines a printer type and selects a suitable, corresponding machine-ready model for immediate fabrication by the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Pettis, Anthony James Buser, Justin Day, Jonah Gold, Bryan Vaccaro, Joseph Neal
  • BUILD PLATFORM LEVELING WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20130327917
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printer uses leveling screws with tactile feedback to assist a user in properly orienting a build platform within a working volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Steiner, Ariel Douglas
  • Networked three-dimensional printing
    Patent number: 8562324
    Abstract: Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Three-dimensional surface texturing
    Patent number: 8529240
    Abstract: An additive three-dimensional fabrication process is improved by controlling deposition rate to obtain surface textures or other surface features below the nominal processing resolution of fabrication hardware. Sub-resolution information may be obtained, for example, from express metadata (such as for surface texture), or by interpolating data from a source digital model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Adam Mayer
  • Multi-extruder
    Patent number: 8512024
    Abstract: Multiple extrusion drive motors are nested in an overlapping configuration that permits re-use of the drive axes to support drive gears and complementary guide bearings, resulting in a compact arrangement of independently controllable extruders for multiple build materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Charles E. Pax
  • Networked three-dimensional printing
    Patent number: 8425218
    Abstract: Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Networked three-dimensional printing
    Patent number: 8414280
    Abstract: Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Automated 3D build processes
    Patent number: 8287794
    Abstract: A conveyor or other transport mechanism is provided to support multiple, sequential builds from a three-dimensional fabrication machine. The conveyor may be heated/cooled, coated, or otherwise treated to assist in adhesion during a build, as well as removal of objects after a build. Each fabricated object may be automatically removed from the conveyor as the conveyor moves in order to restore a buildable surface for fabrication of additional objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries
    Inventors: Charles E. Pax, Zach Smith, Adam Mayer, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Automated 3D build processes
    Patent number: 8282380
    Abstract: A conveyor or other transport mechanism is provided to support multiple, sequential builds from a three-dimensional fabrication machine. The conveyor may be heated/cooled, coated, or otherwise treated to assist in adhesion during a build, as well as removal of objects after a build. Each fabricated object may be automatically removed from the conveyor as the conveyor moves in order to restore a buildable surface for fabrication of additional objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries
    Inventors: Charles Pax, Zach Smith, Adam Mayer, Nathaniel Pettis
  • Automated 3D build processes
    Patent number: 8226395
    Abstract: A conveyor or other transport mechanism is provided to support multiple, sequential builds from a three-dimensional fabrication machine. The conveyor may be heated/cooled, coated, or otherwise treated to assist in adhesion during a build, as well as removal of objects after a build. Each fabricated object may be automatically removed from the conveyor as the conveyor moves in order to restore a buildable surface for fabrication of additional objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries
    Inventors: Charles E. Pax, Zach Smith, Adam Mayer, Nathaniel B. Pettis
  • Three-dimensional printer frame
    Patent number: D677723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: William B. Buel, Antonio Carlo Hernandez Celestin