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Three-dimensional printing of auxetic/non-auxetic combo objects

  • US 10,442,132 B1
  • Filed: 06/15/2018
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional printed (3D-printed) object on a base plate, the method comprising:

  • depositing at least one block of a first material in a first layer directly onto the base plate;

    depositing at least one block of a second material either;

    in the first layer adjacent to the one or more blocks of the first material, orin a second layer directly onto the at least one block of the first material in the first layer;

    depositing at least one block of the second material in the first layer adjacent to the block of the first material; and

    depositing in the second layer either;

    at least one block of the first material directly onto the block of the second material in the first layer, orat least one block of the second material directly onto the block of the first material in the first layer,wherein the first material is one of a non-auxetic structure or an auxetic structure, and the second material is the other one of the non-auxetic structure or the auxetic structure.

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