IP Library › Granted Patent US 12709060
Granted Patent B2
US 12709060 · App. 18/941,516 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

3D printer with the ability to print composite plastics and plastic metal and plastic ceramics compounds through additive manufacturing

Inventors: Andrey P. Starikov (Tbilisi, GE); Pavel A. Kornedyasev (Tbilisi, GE); Kyrill A. Vybornov (Tbilisi, GE); Alexander A. Avetisyan (Tbilisi, GE); Maxim P. Boldyrev (Tbilisi, GE); Rasul M. Kishov (Tbilisi, GE); Eldar M. Urmancheev (Tbilisi, GE); Aleksandr F. Iugov (Tbilisi, GE); Eugene V. Shulga (Tbilisi, GE); Egor N. Ashcheulov (Tbilisi, GE)
Assignee: AE Intellectual Property Ltd.
B29C64/25B29C64/118B29C64/245B29C64/295B29C64/329B29C64/35B29C64/393B33Y10/00B33Y30/00
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12709060
App. No.
18/941,516
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A 3D printer can include a frame, at least one panel removably coupled to the frame and defining a printing enclosure, a heated build chamber within the printing enclosure, and a heated print bed defining a bottom of the heated build chamber.

Claims (28)

1 . A 3D printer comprising:

a frame;

at least one panel removably coupled to the frame and defining a printing enclosure;

a heated build chamber within the printing enclosure, wherein:

the heated build chamber is defined by a movable portal coupled to the frame and at least one corrugated insulation sheet coupled to the portal and configured to expand and contract with vertical movement of the portal, and the at least one corrugated insulation sheet comprises a composite fabric material containing aluminum and a rubberized plastic, and/or

a top of the heated build chamber comprises a glass insulation with aluminum and rubberized plastic additives;

a heated print bed defining a bottom of the heated build chamber;

an extruder assembly configured to move within the heated build chamber; and

at least one pellet feeder configured to feed pellets of work material to the extruder assembly.

2 . The 3D printer of claim 1 , further comprising at least one tether point disposed on an external area of the 3D printer.

3 . The 3D printer of claim 1 , further comprising at least one display element disposed on an external area of the 3D printer and configured to display operating information of the 3D printer.

4 . The 3D printer of claim 1 , wherein the heated print bed comprises:

a top side including a surface with at least one vacuum channel formed therein;

at least one heating element coupled to and/or integrated with the surface;

a bottom side opposite the top side; and

at least one vacuum tank coupled to the bottom side and configured to form a vacuum within the at least one vacuum channel.

5 . The 3D printer of claim 4 , wherein the heated print bed further comprises at least one vacuum generator and at least one vacuum feeding line coupling to the at least one vacuum generator with the at least one vacuum tank.

6 . The 3D printer of claim 4 , wherein the heated print bed further comprises a thermal insulated housing configured to house the surface.

7 . The 3D printer of claim 4 , wherein the heated vacuum table further comprises at least one support coupling the bottom side with the thermal insulated housing.

8 . A method comprising:

heating a build chamber and a print bed of a 3D printer comprising a frame, at least one panel removably coupled to the frame and defining a printing enclosure, the heated build chamber within the printing enclosure, the heated print bed defining a bottom of the heated build chamber, an extruder assembly, and at least one pellet feeder, wherein:

the heated build chamber is defined by a movable portal coupled to the frame and at least one corrugated insulation sheet coupled to the portal and configured to expand and contract with vertical movement of the portal, and the at least one corrugated insulation sheet comprises a composite fabric material containing aluminum and a rubberized plastic, and/or

a top of the heated build chamber comprises a glass insulation with aluminum and rubberized plastic additives; and

performing a print operation using the 3D printer, the print operation comprising moving the extruder assembly within the heated build chamber and feeding, by the at least one pellet feeder, pellets of work material to the extruder assembly.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying operating information of the 3D printer by at least one display element disposed on an external area of the 3D printer.

10 . The method of claim 8 , the method further comprising vertically moving the portal and expanding and contracting the at least one corrugated insulation sheet with vertical movement of the portal.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising forming a vacuum within at least one vacuum channel within a top side surface of the heated print bed by at least one vacuum tank coupled to a bottom side of the heated print bed.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the heated print bed further comprises at least one vacuum generator and at least one vacuum feeding line coupling to the at least one vacuum generator with the at least one vacuum tank.