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Patent No.:

US 12768208 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2023

Cold draw programmable grayscale digital light processing 3d printed shape-morphing structures and methods of forming the same

Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Yuyang Song, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Masato Tanaka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Liang Yue, Atlanta, GA (US);

Hang Qi, Marietta, GA (US);

Assignees:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:

Christopher G. Darrow

Darrow Mustafa PC

Primary Examiner:

Nathan L Van Sell

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 1/02 (2006.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); C08F 220/18 (2006.01); C09D 4/00 (2006.01); C09D 7/63 (2018.01); C09D 133/06 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 1/02 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); C08F 220/1811 (2020.02); C09D 4/00 (2013.01); C09D 7/63 (2018.01); C09D 133/066 (2013.01); F16C 11/04 (2013.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); C08F 2800/20 (2013.01); C08F 2810/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A shape-morphing structure includes a cold draw programmable grayscale digital light processing 3D printed unitary hinge component comprising at least one glassy state portion and at least one rubbery state portion. The at least one glassy state portion has a glassy state recovery temperature and the at least one rubbery state portion has a rubbery state recovery temperature and different than the glassy state recovery temperature.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Song, Yuyang. (2026). Cold draw programmable grayscale digital light processing 3d printed shape-morphing structures and methods of forming the same (U.S. Patent No. 12768208). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12768208

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