United States
US 12,696,958 B2
Three-dimensional printing utilizing a captive element
US 12,696,958 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: NIKE, Inc. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- NIKE, Inc.
- Inventors
- Todd W. Miller; Yoav Sterman
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2021-01-26
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,696,958 B2 · US12696958 · 12696958
Abstract
A method of forming a printed structure is disclosed. The method may include printing layers of a printed structure and incorporating an element within the printed structure. The element may be removed in order to form tunnels within the printed structure. In some embodiments the element may be removed and reused in the formation of additional printed structures. The element may also be retained to form a composite printed structure.
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