US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on Nov. 4 for "Three-dimensional (3D)-printable stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator fibers" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,558, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blackburg, Vatican City State (Holy See)).

"Three-dimensional (3D)-printable stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator fibers" was invented by Blake Johnson (Pembroke, Va.), Yuxin Tong (Blacksburg, Va.), John Robertson (Floyd, Va.), Xiaoting Jia (Blacksburg, Va.) and Ziang Feng (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fabrication process is disclosed for the production of flexible triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) fiber, which can comprise a copper core surrounded by a silicone cladding. The TENG fibers are fabricated using a coaxial micro-extru...