Color-changing fabric and applications
AssigneeUniversity of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsAyman Abouraddy, Joshua Kaufman, Morgan Monroe, Felix Tan
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a color-changing product using an electrical connectorization system including an ultrasonic welder includes providing a fabric to the electrical connectorization system where the fabric includes a plurality of color-changing fibers, providing a connection bus to the electrical connectorization system, and operating the electrical connectorization system to move the fabric and the connection bus into engagement with the ultrasonic welder to generate one or more welds between the connection bus and at least a subset of the plurality of color-changing fibers as the fabric and the connection bus pass the ultrasonic welder.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing a fabric to an electrical connectorization system including an ultrasonic welder, the fabric including a plurality of color-changing fibers;
- providing a connection bus to the electrical connectorization system, the connection bus separate from the fabric and the plurality of color-changing fibers;
- and
- operating the electrical connectorization system to move the fabric and the connection bus into engagement with the ultrasonic welder to generate one or more welds between the connection bus and at least a subset of the plurality of color-changing fibers as the fabric and the connection bus pass the ultrasonic welder.
A method comprising:
- providing a fabric to an electrical connectorization system including an ultrasonic welder, the fabric including a plurality of color-changing fibers;
- providing a connection bus to the electrical connectorization system, wherein the connection bus includes a metallic foil material;
- and
- operating the electrical connectorization system to move the fabric and the connection bus into engagement with the ultrasonic welder to generate one or more welds between the connection bus and at least a subset of the plurality of color-changing fibers as the fabric and the connection bus pass the ultrasonic welder.
A method comprising:
- providing a fabric to an electrical connectorization system including an ultrasonic welder, the fabric including color-changing fibers having a conductive core and a polymeric coating including a color-changing pigment;
- providing a connection bus to the electrical connectorization system;
- and
- operating the ultrasonic welder to generate one or more welds (a) through the polymeric coating of at least a subset of the color-changing fibers and (b) between the connection bus and at least the subset of the color-changing fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.