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US 10,518,523 B2Granted
Three dimensional printing of parts
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRocke Robert Koreis
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is presented. The apparatus comprises a parts library configured to store a plurality of part definition files; a database configured to store entries identifying a printing of parts using the plurality of part definition files; and a parts management system configured to request a payment in response to receiving an indication of a printing of a part using the part definition file.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a parts library configured to store a plurality of part definition files;
- a database configured to store entries identifying a printing of parts using the plurality of part definition files;
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- a parts management system configured to request a payment in response to receiving an indication of a printing of a part using a part definition file of the plurality of part definition files.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a printing of a part using a part definition file;
- and
- requesting payment in response to receiving the indication of the printing of the part using the part definition file.
A system comprising:
- a parts library configured to store a plurality of part definition files;
- a database configured to store entries identifying a printing of parts using the plurality of part definition files;
- a parts management system configured to receive a request for a part definition file in the parts library from a three dimensional printing system;
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- the three dimensional printing system configured to print parts using the plurality of part definition files and, in response to an entry identifying a printing of a part using the part definition file, to request payment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.