US 11,986,983 B2
Ballistic gel fish model with impact sensing
Mark S. Bevelhimer, Oak Ridge, TN (US); and Ryan Saylor, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Assigned to UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed by UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,142.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,966, filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040894 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29L 31/40 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G01N 3/30 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/14 (2013.01) [B29C 33/3842 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G01N 3/30 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01); B29K 2089/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/40 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a fish model, the method comprising:
performing a surface scan of a fish specimen to obtain a digital object model of the fish specimen;
additively manufacturing a mold based on the digital object model of the fish specimen, the mold defining a mold cavity;
joining a plurality of impact sensors to a filament, the plurality of impact sensors being serially spaced apart from each other along the filament;
positioning the filament and the impact sensors within the mold cavity, the filament being disposed in a lengthwise direction within the mold cavity;
injecting a ballistic gelatin into the mold cavity to overcoat the filament and the plurality of impact sensors contained within the mold cavity;
allowing the ballistic gelatin to cure within the mold cavity, thereby resulting in a fish model containing the plurality of impact sensors that are serially spaced apart from each other between an anterior region of the fish model and a posterior region of the fish model; and
removing the fish model from the mold cavity after curing of the fish model, the plurality of impact sensors being fully encapsulated within the fish model for strike force measurement at a plurality of interior locations within the fish model.