Patents by Inventor Cedric Honnet

Cedric Honnet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of manufacture of a resin
    Patent number: 12637618
    Abstract: Liquid Crystal Elastomer (LCE) fibers, an apparatus for manufacturing, and a method for using the apparatus are provided. LCE fibers formed from each of a plurality of resin recipes can undergo reversible temperature driven actuation of the fiber. Each of the resin recipes forms a fiber having a different actuation temperature. The apparatus includes: an extrusion device, a drawing bobbin, a coating basin, a collector bobbin, a first plurality of curing devices, and a second plurality of curing devices, to transform a resin recipe into a LCE fiber. In operation, the extrusion device extrudes the resin through to the first plurality of curing devices for a partial cure. Once in contact with drawing bobbin the resin is coated in a fluid, and then pull through the second plurality of curing devices for a final cure by collector bobbin, where it can be collected and post-processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jack Forman, Ozgun Kilic Afsar, Hsin-Ju Lin, Cedric Honnet, Neil Gershenfeld, Hiroshi Ishii
  • ROBOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20250136869
    Abstract: Liquid Crystal Elastomer (LCE) fibers, an apparatus for manufacturing, and a method for using the apparatus are provided. LCE fibers formed from each of a plurality of resin recipes can undergo reversible temperature driven actuation of the fiber. Each of the resin recipes forms a fiber having a different actuation temperature. The apparatus includes: an extrusion device, a drawing bobbin, a coating basin, a collector bobbin, a first plurality of curing devices, and a second plurality of curing devices, to transform a resin recipe into a LCE fiber. In operation, the extrusion device extrudes the resin through to the first plurality of curing devices for a partial cure. Once in contact with drawing bobbin the resin is coated in a fluid, and then pull through the second plurality of curing devices for a final cure by collector bobbin, where it can be collected and post-processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jack Forman, Ozgun Kilic Afsar, Sarah Nicita, Rosalie Hsin-Ju Lin, Cedric Honnet, Neil Gershenfeld, Hiroshi Ishii