Patents by Inventor Beerend Groot

Beerend Groot 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).

  • Publication number: 20230173749
    Abstract: A fused filament fabrication system (1) is described comprising a number of print heads (31,32,33), a print head mount (4) arranged for releasable connection with any of the print heads and a gantry (5) arranged to move the print head mount (4). So-called filament modules (61,62,62) are provided that can be connected to the print heads (31,32,33). The print heads can be docked into a special print head dock (8) or they can be docked into one of the filament docks (71,72,72) if a filament module is arranged in between. A number of filament feeders (9) is arranged for feeding filament (11) to the respective filament modules. A control system (25) is arranged to control the gantry so as to select one print head from the number of print heads, to obtain a selected print head (31). The selected print head can be used for a printing job having the current filament attached, or it can be moved to another filament dock to first pickup a different filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Ultimaker B.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Houwing, Beerend Groot