Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing of embedded materials
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Application No.: US16169023Application Date: 2018-10-24
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Publication No.: US11672887B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Adam Feinberg , Thomas Hinton
- Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
- Current Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: B29C64/106
- IPC: B29C64/106 ; B29C64/112 ; B33Y10/00 ; A61L27/54 ; B29C64/40 ; A61L27/38 ; A61L27/52 ; B29C64/118 ; B33Y70/00 ; A61L27/04 ; A61L27/10 ; A61L27/14 ; A61L27/18 ; A61L27/20 ; A61L27/22 ; A61L27/24 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
In one aspect, a method includes providing support material within which the structure is fabricated, depositing, into the support material, structure material to form the fabricated structure, and removing the support material to release the fabricated structure from the support material. The provided support material is stationary at an applied stress level below a threshold stress level and flows at an applied stress level at or above the threshold stress level during fabrication of the structure. The provided support material is configured to mechanically support at least a portion of the structure and to prevent deformation of the structure during the fabrication of the structure. The deposited structure material is suspended in the support material at a location where the structure material is deposited. The structure material comprises a fluid that transitions to a solid or semi-solid state after deposition of the structure material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190291350A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF EMBEDDED MATERIALS Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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