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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:
Aug. 08, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Nishant Kumar Sinha, Bangalore, IN;

Om Prakash, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); C09D 11/101 (2014.01); C09D 11/102 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/314 (2017.08); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); C09D 11/101 (2013.01); C09D 11/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

Illustrative examples of forming material suitable for use in additive manufacturing processes includes operations of: exposing a first polymer powder to a first plasma, such that an amine-functionalized powder is formed; exposing a second polymer powder to a second plasma, such that an epoxide-functionalized powder is formed; and combining the amine-functionalized powder and the epoxide-functionalized powder to form a precursor material. The precursor material is subsequently heated in an additive manufacturing process to form a structure, where heating of the precursor material causes covalent chemical bonds to form between the first polymer powder and the second polymer powder.


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