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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2020
Applicants:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Julie A. Mancini, Livermore, CA (US);

Eric B. Duoss, Danville, CA (US);

Alexandra Golobic, Oakland, CA (US);

Mark Christian Messner, Tracy, CA (US);

Christopher M. Spadaccini, Oakland, CA (US);

Kenneth J. Loh, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/00 (2017.01); F16F 9/53 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/535 (2013.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); F16F 9/532 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0008 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); F16F 2226/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an energy absorbing three dimensional (3D) structure. The structure may have an outer shell formed from a shell material. The outer shell may have a void forming a core volume. A transformative feedstock is contained in the void. The transformative feedstock is encapsulated within the outer shell, within the void, and provides enhanced energy absorbing properties to the 3D structure.


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