ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,898, issued on June 30, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).
"Color-changing fabric and applications" was invented by Ayman Abouraddy (Orlando, Fla.), Joshua Kaufman (Orlando, Fla.), Morgan Monroe (Orlando, Fla.) and Felix Tan (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 connectoriz...