Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Polyurethane foams containing additive manufacturing waste as filler for automotive applications and processes for manufacturing the same
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Application No.: US16754609Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US11542379B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Alper Kiziltas , Zachary Dowling , Matthew Linden Bedell , Deborah Mielewski
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2018/053344 WO 20180928
- International Announcement: WO2019/067856 WO 20190404
- Main IPC: C08G18/32
- IPC: C08G18/32 ; C08G18/40 ; C08G18/42 ; C08G18/44 ; C08G18/48 ; C08G18/66 ; C08G18/76 ; C08J9/00 ; C08L75/04 ; C08L75/08

Abstract:
A closed loop recycling process of manufacturing a foam part includes dispersing a filler material recycled from an additive manufacturing (AM) process in at least one foam reactant and pouring or injecting the at least one foam reactant with the filler material into a mold and forming the foam part. The foam part has a foam matrix with between 2.5 wt. % and 30 wt. % of the filler material. The filler material can be a recycled powder from a selective laser sintering process that is not graded (i.e., sized) before being dispersed in the at least one foam reactant. For example, the recycled powder can be a recycled polyamide 12 (rPA12) powder with an average particle diameter of less than 100 micrometers. Also, the least one foam reactant can be a polyol reactant and an isocyanate reactant such that a polyurethane foam matrix with recycled rPA12 filler material is formed.
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