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US 11,746,444 B2Granted
Carbon fiber fabrication systems and methods
AssigneePalo Alto Research Center Incorporated
InventorsDivyaraj Desai, Gabriel Iftime, Dane Andrew Boysen, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest
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Abstract
Systems comprising a carbon fiber reactor for fabricating carbon fiber, the reactor comprising a receptacle for containing a carbon-metal melt, and a plurality of nozzles through which a plurality of menisci are formed by the carbon-metal melt for contact with a carbon seed to fabricate the carbon fiber; and a heater for heating the carbon-metal melt.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a carbon fiber reactor for fabricating carbon fiber, the reactor comprising a receptacle for containing a carbon-metal melt, and a plurality of nozzles through which a plurality of menisci are formed by the carbon-metal melt for contact with a carbon seed to fabricate the carbon fiber;
- and a heater for heating the carbon-metal melt.
A system comprising:
- a carbon fiber reactor for fabricating carbon fiber, the reactor comprising a receptacle for containing a carbon-metal melt, and a plurality of nozzles through which a plurality of menisci are formed by the carbon-metal melt for contact with a carbon seed to fabricate the carbon fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.