Granted Patent B2

US 12,246,484 · App. 17/680,955 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Inventors: Maxime Lapalme (St-Lin-Laurentides, CA); Nicola Pedneault Plourde (Saint-Jérôme, CA); Jocelyn Lirette (Mirabel, CA)

Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.

B29C64/118B33Y10/00B33Y80/00H01B13/0036B29L2031/34

Abstract

Claims (26)

1. A method of producing an article of manufacture, the method comprising in a sequential order of steps:

three dimensional (3D) printing a break-wire conductive-material pattern on a dissolvable support material;

dissolving the dissolvable support material on which the break-wire conductive-material pattern has been 3D printed to form the break-wire conductive-material pattern;

applying a non-conductive barrier layer to a component; and

applying the break-wire conductive-material pattern directly onto the non-conductive barrier layer on a surface of the component, thereby forming the article of manufacture;

wherein a shape of the break-wire conductive-material pattern fits the surface of the component.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component is composed of a non-conductive material.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the component comprises non-conductive plastic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the component is composed of a conductive material and the surface comprises the non-conductive barrier layer.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

3D printing a second break-wire conductive-material pattern and dissolving a support material on which the second break-wire conductive-material pattern has been printed;

applying the second break-wire conductive-material pattern to other surface portions of the component; and

wherein the break-wire conductive-material pattern and the second break-wire conductive-material pattern do not overlap one another.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, before the applying the break-wire conductive-material pattern to the surface of the component, printing the component via an additive-manufacturing process.

7. A method of producing an article of manufacture, the method comprising in a sequential order of steps:

three dimensional (3D) printing a break-wire conductive-material pattern on a dissolvable support material;

dissolving the dissolvable support material on which the break-wire conductive-material pattern has been 3D printed to form the break-wire conductive-material pattern;

applying the break-wire conductive-material pattern to a surface of a component, thereby forming the article of manufacture;

3D printing a second break-wire conductive-material pattern on a dissolvable support material;

dissolving the dissolvable support material on which the second break-wire conductive-material pattern has been printed; and

applying the second break-wire conductive-material pattern to other surface portions of the component;

wherein the break-wire conductive-material pattern and the second break-wire conductive-material pattern do not overlap one another.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a shape of the break-wire conductive-material pattern fits the surface of the component.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein a shape of the second break-wire conductive-material pattern fits the other surface portions of the component.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the component is composed of a non-conductive material.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the component comprises non-conductive plastic.

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