Self healing metals and alloys—including structural alloys and self-healing solders

PK Rohatgi - US Patent 8,518,531, 2013 - Google Patents
This patent disclosure covers the internal structures and processing of self healing metals,
including metal matrix composites, which exhibit self-healing behavior. The most popular …

Managed material fabric for composite housing

LJ Lundell - US Patent 9,124,680, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A mobile electronic communications device 100 is at least partially covered
or encased in a composite housing 123,134. 168 and 188. The composite housing can have …

Methods for manufacturing wind turbine rotor blade panels having printed grid structures

JR Tobin, NA Turnquist, SB Johnson… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
3,137,887 A 3,321,019 A 3,528,753 A 3,586,460 A 3,956,564 A 4,319,872 A 4,329,119 A
4,474,536 A 4,626,172 A 4,718,844 A 5,059,109 A 5,088,665 A 5,346,367 A 6,264,877 B1 …

Light generating microcapsules for photo-curing

EJ Campbell, SK Czaplewski, J Kuczynski… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A process of utilizing a light generating microcapsule to cure a photo-curable material
includes dispersing a microcapsule in an interface material that includes a photo-initiator …

Methods for manufacturing wind turbine rotor blades and components thereof

JR Tobin, SB Johnson, JT Livingston… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is directed to methods for manufacturing wind turbine rotor blades
and components thereof. In one embodiment, the method includes forming an outer surface …

Systems and methods for shell encapsulation

DA Weitz, HC Shum, Y Zhao, B Sun… - US Patent App. 13 …, 2013 - Google Patents
Certain aspects of the invention are generally directed to particles comprising a shell and an
interior at least partially contained by the shell. In some embodiments, the particles may be …

Self-healing polymeric composition

RS Lalgudi, BM Britt - US Patent 10,570,307, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A self-healing polymeric composition includes a polymer matrix and a
plurality of functional microcapsules dispersed in the polymer matrix. The functional …

Methods for manufacturing wind turbine rotor blades and components thereof

JR Tobin, SB Johnson, JT Livingston, SC Nath… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is directed to methods for manufacturing wind turbine rotor blades
and components thereof, eg using 3D printing. In one embodiment, the method includes …

Application of self-healing materials in aerospace engineering

L Guadagno, M Raimondo, C Naddeo… - Self-Healing …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
One of the biggest challenge facing materials scientists is the idea to put in action self-
healing composites in aeronautic or in general aerospace applications. Epoxy resins are …

Self-healing polymer compositions

JA Virtanen - US Patent 9,303,171, 2016 - Google Patents
This invention pertains to a composition that can be used to heal cracks in plastics and other
Substrates. In the present invention, a composition comprising nanotubes, healing agent (s) …