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US 2024/0182687 A1Published application
Self-healing polymers
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsJayram Shivajirao Desai, Shireesh Pankaj
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Abstract
Described herein are self-healing polymers comprising a base polymer and at least one healing agent disposed in the base polymer under pressure.
Claims8
A method of making a self-healing polymer comprising:
- forming a base polymer;
- 3D printing a sacrificial network;
- embedding the sacrificial network in the base polymer;
- and
- removing the sacrificial network from the base polymer to form a vascular network in the base polymer for storing a healing agent in the base polymer.
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A method of making a self-healing polymer comprising 3D printing a base polymer and simultaneously 3D printing a vascular network in the base polymer for storing a healing agent in the base polymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.