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US 2025/0196440 A1Published application
Extruder driver gears and related assemblies and methods including extruder driver gears
AssigneeUS Synthetic Corporation
InventorsScott Schmidt, Harris Taylor
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Abstract
Embodiments include extruder driver gears for three-dimensional printing, extruder driver gear assemblies, and methods of forming and using extruder driver gears. An example extruder driver gear includes a hub configured for coupling to a torque transmitting component, a gear body connected to the hub, and a plurality of filament gripping teeth extending radially from the gear body, the plurality of filament gripping teeth comprising a superhard material.
Claims20
An extruder driver gear comprising:
- a hub configured for coupling to a torque transmitting component;
- a gear body connected to the hub;
- and
- a plurality of filament gripping teeth extending radially from the gear body, the plurality of filament gripping teeth comprising a superhard material.
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A method of manufacturing an extruder driver gear, the method comprising:
- forming a precursor structure comprising a superhard material;
- and
- removing a portion of the superhard material from the precursor structure to form a gear body having a plurality of filament gripping teeth extending from the gear body, the plurality of filament gripping teeth comprising the superhard material.
A three-dimensional printer comprising:
- a hot end configured to melt a filament;
- and
- an extruder configured to feed the filament into the hot end, the extruder comprising:
- a motor;
- and
- an extruder driver gear coupled to the motor, the extruder driver gear comprising a plurality of filament gripping teeth comprising a superhard material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.