System and method for deploying, harvesting, and in-situ three-dimensional printing of structures in an extraterrestrial environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11731351
APP PUB NO 20220305728A1
SERIAL NO

17830917

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An apparatus, system and method are provided for launching, deploying and moving mobility platforms used to produce a three-dimensional product using additive printing. The product, or object, is made by collecting materials in-situ at an off-Earth celestial body. A sintering apparatus, such as a laser, is used to consolidate the planetary regrowth into a solid object. The apparatus can receive power, and can apply heat to assist in the consolidation process. The apparatus is moveable to the build site, and includes a print head having a collector for receiving collected materials, a conditioner for sintering and heating the collected materials, and an extruder, specifically a slip form opening in which the materials can be dispersed over the surface of the extraterrestrial body where the powder form of the conditioned materials are sintered, fused, or consolidated into a hard solid bead of material.

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ICON TECHNOLOGY INC6109 TURTLE POINT DR AUSTIN TX 78746

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ballard, Jason D Austin, US 3 1
Jensen, Evan Austin, US 6 2
LeRoux, Alex Austin, US 2 1
McDaniel, Michael Austin, US 20 647

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