Granted Patent B2

US 12,600,087 · App. 18/033,624 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Inventors: John Sterle (Clifton Park, NY); Vadim Bromberg (Niskayuna, NY)

Assignee: General Electric Company

B29C64/209B29C64/165B29C64/25B29C64/295B29C64/364B33Y10/00B33Y30/00B33Y40/00

Abstract

Claims (13)

1 . A printing assembly translatable along a working axis, the printing assembly comprising:

a housing;

a printing head provided within the housing, the printing head comprising a plurality of print heads;

a base plate positioned proximate a bottom end of the housing, the base plate having a plurality of openings, each of the plurality of print heads provided within a corresponding one of the plurality of openings; and

at least one adjustment block fixed to the base plate adjacent a corresponding one of the plurality of openings, the at least one adjustment block including a fixed portion and a movable portion joined to the fixed portion by a hinge, the hinge permitting the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion between an unflexed position to a flexed position to adjust a position of a corresponding one of the plurality of print heads.

2 . The printing assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a support bracket coupled to the housing; and

a yaw bar including at least one adjustment member extendable toward and retractable away from the support bracket to rotate the housing about a central axis extending through the housing normal to the working axis.

3 . The printing assembly of claim 2 , further comprising a central pivot extending through the support bracket and a linear traversing stage along the central axis, wherein the support bracket is pivotally fixed to the linear traversing stage, the yaw bar is fixed to the linear traversing stage.

4 . The printing assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of print head interface boards within the housing, each of the plurality of print head interface boards coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of print heads; and

at least one printing head interface board provided within the housing and electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of print head interface boards.

5 . The printing assembly of claim 1 , wherein the printing head is translatable relative to the housing in a direction transverse to the working axis.

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