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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Gierad Laput, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Harrison, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xiang Chen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 48/05 (2019.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B29C 48/02 (2019.01); B29C 48/25 (2019.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 48/02 (2019.02); B29C 48/05 (2019.02); B29C 48/266 (2019.02); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein describe a method of fabricating soft, flexible fibers using a 3D printer having an extrusion head. Embodiments of the method further include termination techniques to allow a series of fibers to be fabricated on the same object. Aspects of the certain embodiments offer a range of design parameters for controlling the properties of single strands and also of bundles of fibers. The method extends the capabilities of 3D printing without requiring any new hardware.