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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2021
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Sanjiv Sinha, Champaign, IL (US);
Placid M. Ferreira, Champaign, IL (US);
Nenad Miljkovic, Urbana, IL (US);
Manjunath C. Rajagopal, Champaign, IL (US);
Gowtham Kuntumalla, McKinney, TX (US);
Akhilesh Sanjay Somani, McKinney, TX (US);
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for fabricating a hybrid tube includes a rotatable mandrel and a first housing configured to translate alongside the rotatable mandrel while dispensing a first strip to be helically wound about the mandrel. The first housing includes an angle adjustment mechanism to control a dispensation angle of the first strip. The apparatus also includes least one energy or adhesive source for bonding overlapping strip portions on the rotatable mandrel and forming the hybrid tube. The at least one energy or adhesive source is configured for translation alongside the rotatable mandrel.