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US 11,680,398 B2Granted
Strata space frame
OwnerJacob Eisenberginventor
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Abstract
A space frame is provided having a first set of nodes located along a first surface and a second set of nodes located along a second surface, and a unitary cell. The second surface non-intersecting the first surface. The unitary cell comprises at least four continuous web elements and extending in three dimensions. The unitary cell spans at least two nodes of the first set of nodes and at least two nodes of the second set of nodes.
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A space frame comprising:
- a first set of nodes located along a first surface;
- a second set of nodes located along a second surface, the second surface non-intersecting the first surface;
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- a unitary cell comprising at least four continuous web elements and extending in three dimensions, the unitary cell spanning at least two nodes of the first set of nodes and at least two nodes of the second set of nodes;
- wherein the space frame is a unitary structure of one-piece construction composed of a single piece of material.
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A space frame comprising:
- a first set of nodes located along a first surface;
- a second set of nodes located along a second surface, the second surface non-intersecting the first surface;
- a unitary cell comprising at least seven continuous web elements and extending in three dimensions, the unitary cell spanning at least three nodes of the first set of nodes and at least three nodes of the second set of nodes;
- a first chord element and a second chord element, the first and second chord elements coupling a first node, a second node, and a third node of the at least three nodes of the first set of nodes;
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- a third chord element and a fourth chord element, the third and fourth chord elements coupling a first node, a second node, and a third node of the at least three nodes of the second set of nodes.
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A space frame comprising:
- a first set of nodes located along a first surface;
- a second set of nodes located along a second surface, the second surface non-intersecting with the first surface;
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- a unitary three-dimensional strut structure comprising a set of three extensions separately extending from a root node to a set of three other nodes of the space frame, respectively,
- wherein the root node and one of the three other nodes are located along the first surface, and
- wherein two of the three other nodes are located along the second surface;
- wherein the space frame is a unitary structure of one-piece construction composed of a single piece of material.
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A space frame comprising:
- a first set of nodes located along a first surface;
- a second set of nodes located along a second surface, the second surface non-intersecting with the first surface;
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- a plurality of joined unitary three-dimensional strut structures each comprising a set of three extensions separately extending from a root node to a set of three other nodes of the space frame, respectively,
- wherein the root node and one of the three other nodes are located along the first surface,
- wherein two of the three other nodes are located along the second surface,
- wherein a fourth node of one of the unitary three-dimensional strut structures is located along the first surface, and a fourth extension extends from the root node to the fourth node, and
- wherein two of the four extensions are web elements and the other two of the four extensions are chord elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.