Patents by Inventor Rodger Yuan

Rodger Yuan 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).

  • Multimaterial 3d-printing with functional fiber
    Patent number: 11260586
    Abstract: In a method for printing a three dimensional structure, a continuous length of fiber that includes, interior to a surface of the fiber, a plurality of different materials arranged as an in-fiber functional domain, with at least two electrical conductors disposed in the functional domain in electrical contact with at least one functional domain material, is dispensed through a single heated nozzle. After sections of the length of fiber are dispensed from the heated nozzle, the sections are fused together in an arrangement of a three dimensional structure. The structure can thereby include a continuous length of fiber of least three different materials arranged as an in-fiber functional device, with the continuous length of fiber disposed as a plurality of fiber sections that are each in a state of material fusion with another fiber section in a spatial arrangement of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yoel Fink, Gabriel Zi Jie Loke, Rodger Yuan
  • FIBER MICROFLUIDICS
    Publication number: 20190046986
    Abstract: A particle separation device can include a fiber microfludic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rodger YUAN, Jaemyon LEE, Joel VOLDMAN, Yoel FINK, Hao-wei SU
  • Multimaterial 3D-Printing With Functional FIber
    Publication number: 20180141274
    Abstract: In a method for printing a three dimensional structure, a continuous length of fiber that includes, interior to a surface of the fiber, a plurality of different materials arranged as an in-fiber functional domain, with at least two electrical conductors disposed in the functional domain in electrical contact with at least one functional domain material, is dispensed through a single heated nozzle. After sections of the length of fiber are dispensed from the heated nozzle, the sections are fused together in an arrangement of a three dimensional structure. The structure can thereby include a continuous length of fiber of least three different materials arranged as an in-fiber functional device, with the continuous length of fiber disposed as a plurality of fiber sections that are each in a state of material fusion with another fiber section in a spatial arrangement of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yoel Fink, Gabriel Zi Jie Loke, Rodger Yuan