Cold draw programmable grayscale digital light processing 3d printed shape-morphing structures and methods of forming the same
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Georgia Tech Research Corporation
InventorsYuyang Song, Masato Tanaka, Liang Yue, Hang Qi
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Abstract
A shape-morphing structure includes a cold draw programmable grayscale digital light processing 3D printed unitary hinge component comprising at least one glassy state portion and at least one rubbery state portion. The at least one glassy state portion has a glassy state recovery temperature and the at least one rubbery state portion has a rubbery state recovery temperature and different than the glassy state recovery temperature.
Claims20
A shape-morphing structure comprising:
- a cold draw programmable grayscale digital light processing (g-DLP) 3D printed unitary hinge component comprising at least one glassy state portion and at least one rubbery state portion.
A shape-morphing structure comprising:
- a cold draw programmable grayscale digital light processing (g-DLP) 3D printed unitary hinge component formed from a resin and comprising at least one glassy state portion and at least one rubbery state portion, the resin comprising:
- a donor moiety in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group comprising at least one of a free carbonyl, a primary amine on an acrylate, a secondary amine on an acrylate, and a tertiary amine on an acrylate;
- an acceptor moiety different than the donor moiety and in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group comprising at least one of a free hydroxy, a primary amine, secondary amine, and an imine;
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- a rigid moiety in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group comprising of one or more of a cyclohexyl, a substituted cyclohexyl, and a bicyclic structure.
A shape-morphing structure comprising:
- a cold draw programmable grayscale digital light processing (g-DLP) 3D printed unitary hinge component formed from a resin and comprising at least one glassy state portion with a glassy state recovery temperature and at least one rubbery state portion with a rubbery state recovery temperature different than the glassy state recovery temperature, the resin comprising:
- a donor moiety in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group comprising at least one of a free carbonyl, a primary amine on an acrylate, a secondary amine on an acrylate, and a tertiary amine on an acrylate;
- an acceptor moiety different than the donor moiety and in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group comprising at least one of a free hydroxy, a primary amine, secondary amine, and an imine;
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- a rigid moiety in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group comprising of one or more of a cyclohexyl, a substituted cyclohexyl, and a bicyclic structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.