US Patent Issued to University of North Texas on July 22 for "Devices and methods for passive fiber control" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,126, issued on July 22, was assigned to University of North Texas (Denton, Texas).

"Devices and methods for passive fiber control" was invented by Yijie Jiang (Corinth, Texas) and Nava Raj Khatri (Lubbock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an insert adapter for direct ink writing printers (DIW) and methods of fiber alignment in direct ink writing. The insert adapter is sized to fit snugly inside a print barrel DIW 3D printer. The adapter includes channels. The DIW printer with insert adapter, can be used in a passive method for microfiber alignment in DIW printing. The method includes feeding a non-Newtonian ink includ...