Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7758776 - Fused freeform nanotube composite

This patent from Lockheed Martin has relatively early priority (Nov. 3, 2000) and includes some basic claims to composite structures formed from carbon nanotube fibers. Claim 1 reads:

1. A free form composite structure comprising:

a plurality of discrete nodal elements, each of the nodal elements comprising:

a matrix; and

a multiplicity of reinforcement elements formed of carbon nanotubes;

wherein the multiplicity of reinforcement elements are dispersed throughout the matrix; and

wherein the plurality of nodal elements are arranged and fused with respect to one another to form the free form composite structure.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on July 20, 2010 (boomark / email).