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USOO958629OB2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,586.290 B2 Buller et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Mar. 7, 2017 (54) SYSTEMS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (58) Field of Classification Search PRINTING CPC B23K 26/123; B23K 26/032: B23K 26/0884 USPC ............ 219/121.63, 121.64, 121.83, 121.84, (71) Applicant: Velo3D, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US) 219/121.85, 121.86, 74; 118/56, 57, 100, (72) Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Cupertino, CA (US); (Continued) Erel Milshtein, Cupertino, CA (US); Sherman Seelinger, San Jose, CA (US) (56) References Cited (73) Assignee. VELO3D, INC., Campbell, CA (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,177,087 A 12, 1979 Hills et al. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 4,863,538 A 9, 1989 Deckard patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued) U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. This patent is Subject to a terminal dis FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS claimer. CN 10339.2153. A 11 2013 CN 103611934. A 3, 2014 (21) Appl. No.: 15/085,884 (Continued) (22) Filed: Mar. 30, 2016 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) Prior Publication Data Adam, et al. Design for additive manufacturing—element transi US 2016/02O7109 A1 Jul. 21, 2016 tions and aggregated structures. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Related U.S. Application Data Science and Technology. Nov. 2014; 7:20-28. (Continued) (63) Continuation of application No. 14/745,108, filed on Jun. 19, 2015, now Pat. No. 9,346,127. Primary Examiner — Phuong Nguyen (Continued) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (51) Int. Cl. B23K9/00 (2006.01) (57) ABSTRACT B22F 3/05 (2006.01) The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) (Continued) objects, 3D printing processes, as well as methods, appara (52) U.S. Cl. tuses and systems for the production of a 3D object. Meth CPC ............ 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