Patents by Inventor Samantha Maness

Samantha Maness 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).

  • Low density syntactic foams via material extrusion additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 11851545
    Abstract: An ink formulation for additive manufacturing of low density syntactic foams is described. The ink formulation can include a thermoset resin, a curing agent suitable for use with the thermoset resin, a plurality of hollow spheres, such as glass microballoons, one or more solvents, and one or more non-hollow, viscosity modifying filler. Also described are a method of preparing the ink formulation, a method of preparing three-dimensional objects comprising low density syntactic foams, and the three-dimensional objects prepared thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brett Gibson Compton, Samantha Maness, Robert Pack, Madeline Wimmer
  • LOW DENSITY SYNTACTIC FOAMS VIA MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20210047490
    Abstract: An ink formulation for additive manufacturing of low density syntactic foams is described. The ink formulation can include a thermoset resin, a curing agent suitable for use with the thermoset resin, a plurality of hollow spheres, such as glass microballoons, one or more solvents, and one or more non-hollow, viscosity modifying filler. Also described are a method of preparing the ink formulation, a method of preparing three-dimensional objects comprising low density syntactic foams, and the three-dimensional objects prepared thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Gibson Compton, Samantha Maness, Robert Pack