Patents by Inventor Aidan Zimmerman

Aidan Zimmerman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Additive manufacturing system and method for printing customized chocolate confections
    Patent number: 9215882
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for printing a chocolate confection, the system comprising a platen, a recirculation loop configured to circulate a flow of a chocolate material, and further configured to maintain a temper of the chocolate material; and a print head the print head being configured to receive at least a portion of the chocolate material from the recirculation loop, and further configured to extrude and deposit the chocolate material onto the platen to print at least a portion of the chocolate confection based on the commands from a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Aidan Zimmerman, Daniel F. Walczyk, S. Scott Crump, J. Samuel Batchelder
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING CUSTOMIZED CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONS
    Publication number: 20120251688
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for printing a chocolate confection, the system comprising a platen, a recirculation loop configured to circulate a flow of a chocolate material, and further configured to maintain a temper of the chocolate material; and a print head the print head being configured to receive at least a portion of the chocolate material from the recirculation loop, and further configured to extrude and deposit the chocolate material onto the platen to print at least a portion of the chocolate confection based on the commands from a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: STRATASYS, INC.
    Inventors: Aidan Zimmerman, Daniel F. Walczyk, S. Scott Crump, J. Samuel Batchelder