Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multimaterial 3d-printing with functional fiber
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Application No.: US15816964Application Date: 2017-11-17
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Publication No.: US11260586B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Yoel Fink , Gabriel Zi Jie Loke , Rodger Yuan
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agent Theresa A. Lober
- Main IPC: B33Y10/00
- IPC: B33Y10/00 ; B29C64/209 ; B33Y80/00 ; B29C70/88 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/118 ; G01K7/16 ; H01B7/02 ; H01B13/00 ; H01B13/14 ; H01L31/0203 ; H01L31/032 ; H01L41/053 ; H01L41/23 ; H01M10/058 ; H05B33/04 ; H05B33/10 ; H05K5/06 ; B29L31/34 ; B29K101/12 ; H01M4/38 ; H01M4/505 ; H01M4/525 ; H01M4/58 ; H01M4/587

Abstract:
In a method for printing a three dimensional structure, a continuous length of fiber that includes, interior to a surface of the fiber, a plurality of different materials arranged as an in-fiber functional domain, with at least two electrical conductors disposed in the functional domain in electrical contact with at least one functional domain material, is dispensed through a single heated nozzle. After sections of the length of fiber are dispensed from the heated nozzle, the sections are fused together in an arrangement of a three dimensional structure. The structure can thereby include a continuous length of fiber of least three different materials arranged as an in-fiber functional device, with the continuous length of fiber disposed as a plurality of fiber sections that are each in a state of material fusion with another fiber section in a spatial arrangement of the structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180141274A1 Multimaterial 3D-Printing With Functional FIber Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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