Patent ID: 9341775
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B29D,G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A toughened polymer micro-truss, comprising a regular plurality of truss elements, each of the plurality of truss elements comprising a thermoset polymer and a thermoplastic polymer, and each of the plurality of truss elements further comprising a coating of the thermoplastic polymer, the ratio of the diameter of the truss element to the thickness of the coating being greater than 0.5 and less than 2000, the micro-truss being a self-supporting structure, the plurality of truss elements comprising: the plurality of first truss elements, the plurality of second truss elements, and the plurality of third truss elements interpenetrating at a plurality of nodes to form a continuous material, wherein the third direction is not in a plane defined by the first direction and the second direction.