Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multinozzle deposition system for direct write applications
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Application No.: US14128905Application Date: 2012-06-29
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Publication No.: US09643358B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Jennifer A. Lewis , Christopher J. Hansen , Steven Kranz , John J. Vericella , Willie Wu , David B. Kolesky
- Applicant: Jennifer A. Lewis , Christopher J. Hansen , Steven Kranz , John J. Vericella , Willie Wu , David B. Kolesky
- Applicant Address: US IL Urbana
- Assignee: The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois
- Current Assignee: The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Urbana
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- International Application: PCT/US2012/044794 WO 20120629
- International Announcement: WO2013/006399 WO 20130110
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B41J2/14 ; B41J2/16

Abstract:
A multinozzle deposition system for direct write applications comprises a body including a first network of microchannels embedded therein, where the first network of microchannels extends from a parent microchannel through a series of furcations to a plurality of branching microchannels. The series consists of k generations with furcation number m where the kth generation includes mk branching microchannels. A first end of the body includes a single inlet to the parent microchannel and a second end of the body includes mk outlets from the branching microchannels, where k is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and m is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The body comprises a material having a sufficient rigidity to sustain a pressure in the microchannels of about 690 kPa or greater without distortion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140314954A1 MULTINOZZLE DEPOSITION SYSTEM FOR DIRECT WRITE APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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