US Patent Issued to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY on June 17 for "Multi-functional electronic textiles employing silver nanowire composite sensors and related methods" (North Carolina, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,435, issued on June 17, was assigned to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Multi-functional electronic textiles employing silver nanowire composite sensors and related methods" was invented by Yong Zhu (Apex, N.C.) and Shanshan Yao (Coram, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multi-functional electronic textiles employing nanocomposite pattern elements and related methods are provided. An exemplary method for producing a textile product with an integrated electrical device includes applying conductive nanowires to a substrate to form a conductive nanowire network on the substrate and applying a thermoplastic elastomer t...