ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,829, issued on May 26, was assigned to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Ark.).
"System and process for robot-assisted three-dimensional fabrication of continuous fiber- reinforced thermoset composites" was invented by Wan Shou (Fayetteville, Ark.) and Nahid Tushar (Fayetteville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system and process for robot-assisted three-dimensional fabrication of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoset composites (CFRTCs). The system includes a robot and a printhead assembly having a continuous fiber feeding module, a resin coating module, and an in-situ resin ...