Flexural Digital Material Construction and Transduction
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    发明申请
    Flexural Digital Material Construction and Transduction 审中-公开
    弯曲数字材料结构与传导

    公开(公告)号:US20140302261A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-09

    申请号:US14201781

    申请日:2014-03-07

    IPC分类号: B32B3/06 B64C1/00 E04C1/00

    摘要: Flexural digital materials are discrete parts that can be assembled into a lattice structure to produce an actuatable structure capable of coordinated reversible spatially-distributed deformation. The structure comprises a set of discrete flexural digital material units assembled according to a lattice geometry, with a majority of the discrete units being connected, or adapted to be connected, to at least two other units according to the geometry. In response to certain types of loading of the structure, a coordinated reversible spatially-distributed deformation of at least part of the structure occurs. The deformation of the structure is due to the shape or material composition of the discrete units, the configuration of connections between the units, and/or the configuration of the lattice geometry. Exemplary types of such actuatable structures include airplane wing sections and robotic leg structures. An automated process may be employed for constructing an actuatable structure from flexural digital materials.

    摘要翻译: 弯曲数字材料是可以组装成格子结构以产生能够协调可逆空间分布变形的致动结构的分立部件。 该结构包括一组离散的弯曲数字材料单元,其根据格子几何形状组装,大部分分立单元根据几何形状连接或适于连接至至少两个其它单元。 响应于结构的某些类型的负载,发生至少部分结构的协调的可逆空间分布变形。 结构的变形是由于离散单元的形状或材料组成,单元之间的连接的构造和/或格子几何形状。 这种可致动结构的示例性类型包括飞机机翼部分和机器人腿部结构。 可以采用自动化方法来从弯曲数字材料构造可致动结构。

    Flexural digital material construction and transduction

    公开(公告)号:US09809001B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-07

    申请号:US14201781

    申请日:2014-03-07

    摘要: Flexural digital materials are discrete parts that can be assembled into a lattice structure to produce an actuatable structure capable of coordinated reversible spatially-distributed deformation. The structure comprises a set of discrete flexural digital material units assembled according to a lattice geometry, with a majority of the discrete units being connected, or adapted to be connected, to at least two other units according to the geometry. In response to certain types of loading of the structure, a coordinated reversible spatially-distributed deformation of at least part of the structure occurs. The deformation of the structure is due to the shape or material composition of the discrete units, the configuration of connections between the units, and/or the configuration of the lattice geometry. Exemplary types of such actuatable structures include airplane wing sections and robotic leg structures. An automated process may be employed for constructing an actuatable structure from flexural digital materials.