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US 12,722,203 · App. 18/840,810 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Intelligent temperature control lattice structure based on 4D printing and application thereof

Inventors: Yanpeng Wei (Liaoning, CN); Bo Yu (Liaoning, CN); Yingchun Ma (Liaoning, CN); Jingchang Cheng (Liaoning, CN); Jian Shi (Liaoning, CN); Peng Gao (Liaoning, CN); Zhiquan Miao (Liaoning, CN); Shuwen Guan (Liaoning, CN)
Assignee: SHENYANG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FOUNDRY CO., LTD. CAM
B22F10/28B22F10/64B22F10/80B33Y10/00B33Y40/20B33Y50/00B64C1/40B64C1/36B64C1/38B64G1/58F25D7/00F42B15/34H10W40/70
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Patent No.
US 12,722,203
App. No.
18/840,810
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An intelligent temperature control lattice structure based on 4D printing and an application thereof are disclosed. The lattice structure includes lattice metal and a liquid storage chamber. The lattice metal is an integral closed structure formed by expanding a lattice cell with a tetrakaidecahedron shell and six holes in connection, and the liquid storage chamber is in connection with the lattice metal. The method for manufacturing the lattice structure includes: establishing a three-dimensional model of the lattice structure; slicing the three-dimensional model and manufacturing the lattice structure by using a selective laser melting additive manufacturing process characterized by a high volumetric energy density, a low laser power and a low scanning speed; carrying out solution treatment on the obtained lattice structure; injecting cooling liquid into the liquid storage chamber and then closing openings on the lattice metal by cold pressing under a normal temperature condition.

Claims (10)

1 . An intelligent temperature control lattice structure based on 4D printing, wherein the lattice structure comprises a lattice metal and a liquid storage chamber, wherein the lattice metal is an integral closed structure formed by extending a unit cell with a tetrakaidecahedron shell and six holes in connection, a diagonal length of openings of the lattice metal is 0.5 mm-2 mm, and the liquid storage chamber is in connection with the lattice metal;

wherein the lattice structure is manufactured by a selective laser melting additive manufacturing process with following specific steps:

step 1, carrying out process adaptability design on pore structure for the lattice structure with three-dimensional design software, and establishing a three-dimensional model of the lattice structure;

step 2, slicing the three-dimensional model of the lattice structure established in step 1 with slicing software, and manufacturing the lattice structure using a selective laser melting additive manufacturing process characterized by a high volumetric energy density, a low laser power and a low scanning speed, wherein the high volumetric energy density is 250 J/mm 3 ~400 J/mm 3 , the low laser power is 60 W~100 W, and the low scanning speed is 80~200 mm/s; the matrix material of the intelligent temperature control lattice structure is nickel-titanium shape memory alloy powder, and a mass fraction of nickel in the nickel-titanium shape memory alloy is 55.08%~56.10%, and a particle size of the alloy powder is 15 m~53 μm;

step 3, carrying out solution treatment on the lattice structure obtained in step 2, wherein a temperature for the solution treatment is 800° C.~1100° C., and a duration for the solution treatment is 1 h~15 h;

step 4, injecting cooling liquid into the liquid storage chamber and then closing the openings in the lattice metal by cold pressing under a normal temperature condition;

when an ambient temperature excitation of the intelligent temperature control lattice structure reaches a preset response temperature of 15° C.~80° C., the openings of the lattice metal automatically open, and the cooling liquid in the liquid storage chamber is ejected from the openings of the lattice metal to realize a temperature control function.

2 . The intelligent temperature control lattice structure based on 4D printing according to claim 1 , wherein in step 2, other process parameters of the selective laser melting additive manufacturing process are: hatch spacing being 40 μm~125 μm, hatch angle being 45° ~90°, and layer thickness being 20 μm~50 μm.

3 . The intelligent temperature control lattice structure based on 4D printing according to claim 1 , wherein the unit cell of the lattice metal is an open polyhedron structure with the tetrakaidecahedron shell and the six holes in connection, a porosity of the lattice metal ranges from 35%~90%, a plate shell thickness of the lattice structure is 0.5 mm~2 mm.

4 . The intelligent temperature control lattice structure based on 4D printing according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling liquid is water or paraffin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2024
From: WEI, YANPENG; YU, BO; MA, YINGCHUN; CHENG, JINGCHANG; SHI, JIAN; GAO, PENG; MIAO, ZHIQUAN; GUAN, SHUWEN
To: SHENYANG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FOUNDRY CO., LTD. CAM
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310293117.2 · Mar 24, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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