US 12,283,392 B2
Electrical circuit components made from silkworm silk with silkworm-digested structured materials and methods for manufacturing same
Nageh K. Allam, New Cairo (EG); and Basant A. Ali, New Cairo (EG)
Assigned to THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, Cairo (EG)
Appl. No. 17/297,453
Filed by The American University in Cairo, Cairo (EG)
PCT Filed May 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054267
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/225733, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,830, filed on May 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0084712 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01G 11/30 (2013.01); A01K 67/35 (2025.01); A23K 20/20 (2016.01); H01B 1/12 (2006.01); H01B 13/00 (2006.01); A23K 20/22 (2016.01); A23K 50/90 (2016.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); D01C 3/02 (2006.01); D01F 1/09 (2006.01); D01F 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 1/12 (2013.01) [A01K 67/35 (2025.01); H01B 13/0036 (2013.01); H01G 11/30 (2013.01); A23K 20/22 (2016.05); A23K 50/90 (2016.05); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); D01C 3/02 (2013.01); D01F 1/09 (2013.01); D01F 4/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical circuit component comprising:
at least one fiber of silkworm silk, the at least one fiber having an outer surface and an interior region bounded by the outer surface;
a plurality of portions of silkworm-digested, structured material located in the interior region or on the outer surface of the at least one fiber, wherein the at least one fiber and the silkworm-digested, structured material have a desired electrical property, wherein the structured material comprises a conductive material that was fed to at least one silkworm and digested by the at least one silkworm; and
at least one conductor for connecting the at least one fiber to an electrical circuit, wherein the at least one fiber forms a first electrode and further comprising a second electrode and an electrolyte located between the first and second electrodes, wherein the first and second electrodes and the electrolyte form a supercapacitor.