California Institute of Technology

John Paul Castelo Borgonia

Bryan William McEnerney

Vilupanur Alwar Ravi

Samad A Firdosy

Robert Peter Dillon

Andrew A Shapiro-Scharlotta

Andrew A Shapiro

Katherine Dang

Nicholas E Ury

Joshua Berman

Joelle T Cooperrider

Raul Polit Casillas

Pablo Narvaez

Systems and methods of additively manufacturing multi-material electromagnetic shields are described. Additive manufacturing processes use co-deposition to incorporate multiple materials and/or microstructures selected to achieve specified shield magnetic properties. Geometrically complex shields can be manufactured with alternating shielding materials optimized for the end use application. The microstructures of the printed shields can be tuned by optimizing the print parameters.

Method for forming multi-material electromagnetic shield

Printed textiles and related manufacturing methods are provided. Textile materials can include laced mesh fabrics made of rigid components. The laced mesh structures are designed for space applications, including but not limited to adaptive and foldable reflectors, capturing systems, debris and micrometeorite shielding, shading systems, sample capturing, and various other applications. The laced mesh structures are used in the generation of tailored, unique radio-frequency antennas and receivers that allow for active tuning/receiving capabilities. The tailored structure can also include multi-material systems mixing dielectric and conductive layers for enhanced, tunable transmission. Laced mesh structures can also be used for enhanced thermal control of components, with the ability to tailor thermal conductivity and emissivity, to create thermal engineered components via the generation of localized or global thermal response (e.g. zone thermal control).

Multi-functional textile and related methods of manufacturing

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John Paul Castelo Borgonia