Method for the realization of a support element for the human body and a support element so obtained
AssigneeSelle Royal Group S.P.A.
InventorsBarbara Bigolin, Marco Malfatti
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Abstract
A method for making a support element for the human body equipped with a first component or support component, a second component or padding component, wherein at least the second component or padding component is obtained by means of a three-dimensional printing technique; and an apparatus for implementing the method for obtaining the support element and support element thus obtained.
Claims27
A method for making a support element for a human body, including a saddle for a bicycle or a vehicle, a grip for a handlebar of a bicycle or a vehicle, a shock-absorbing or suspension element for a saddle or seat for the human body, wherein said support element comprises a first component or support component and a second component or padding component which is constrained to said first component or support component, wherein said second component or padding component comprises a honeycombed structure comprising a plurality of cells, each cell comprising branches or sections and vertices, comprising the following steps:
- providing means for detecting the pressure exerted by at least one anatomical part of the human body of a user on a test element, said detection means being designed to generate a plurality of output signals,
- detecting by means of said pressure detection means, a pressure exerted by said at least one anatomical part of the human body of a user on said test element, by means of a pressure mapping step,
- obtaining said plurality of output signals in the form of pressure values from said detecting step,
- providing means for processing and/or translating said plurality of output signals into a first data series defining a pressure map associated with the pressure exerted by said at least one anatomical part of the human body of said user on said test element, wherein said first data series comprises for example a series of colour shades, for example from white and/or grey to black, corresponding to increasing pressure values;
- processing and/or translating said plurality of output signals into said first data series,
- providing means for transforming said first data series into a second data series to obtain a three-dimensional digital file of said second component or padding component;
- transforming said first data series into said second data series, for example wherein said second data series comprises information relating to and/or defines a position, density and/or conformation of each cell of said plurality of cells and/or a thickness of said branches or sections and vertices of each cell of said second component or padding component, and/or the type and/or the conformation of said support element and obtain said three-dimensional digital file of said second component or padding component,
- providing means for three-dimensional printing of said second component or padding component, and
- printing said second component or padding component comprising said honeycombed structure by means of a three-dimensional printing technique on the basis of information present in said three-dimensional digital file,
- wherein said printing step comprises a step of providing and printing a material which constitutes said second component or padding component and said branches or sections and vertices of said plurality of cells, wherein said material is a plastic or polymeric material and
- wherein said step of printing by means of a three-dimensional printing technique comprises printing each cell of said plurality of cells having a polyhedral or parallelogram shape,
- comparing said first data series with the data of other users contained in an ad hoc database, such as for example a cloud storage system, in order to attribute a certain meaning to said first data series,
- wherein said meaning includes the definition of a category for the user, wherein said category includes data and/or files of other users that present a similar or analogous response to said first data series.
An apparatus for making a support element for a human body, including a saddle for a bicycle or a vehicle, a grip for a handlebar of a bicycle or a vehicle, a shock-absorbing or suspension element for a saddle or seat for the human body, wherein said support element comprises a first component or support component and a second component or padding component which is constrained to said first component or support component, wherein said second component or padding component comprises a honeycombed structure comprising a plurality of cells, each cell comprising branches or sections and vertices, wherein each cell of said plurality of cells has a polyhedral or parallelogram shape, said apparatus comprising:
- means for detecting a pressure exerted by at least one anatomical part of the human body of a user on a test element, said detection means being designed to generate a plurality of output signals;
- means for processing and/or translating said plurality of output signals into a first data series defining a pressure map associated with the pressure exerted by said at least one anatomical part of the human body of said user on said test element, wherein said first data series comprises a series of colour shades, from white and/or grey to black, corresponding to increasing pressure values;
- means for transforming said first data series into a second data series to obtain a three-dimensional digital file of said support element, for example wherein said second data series comprises information relating to and/or defines a position, density and/or conformation of each cell of said plurality of cells and/or on a thickness of said branches or sections and vertices of each cell of said second component or padding component, and/or the type and/or shape of said support element;
- means for three-dimensional printing of said second component or padding component on the basis of information present in said three-dimensional digital file, wherein said three-dimensional printing means comprise a three-dimensional printing of the “Digital Light Synthesis” or DLS type, or of the DLP or “Digital Light Processing” type or of the FDM or “Fused Deposition Modeling” type or MJF or “Multi Jet fusion” type or SLS or “Selective Laser Sintering” type,
- means designed to acquire or store data of other users and
- means for comparing said first data series with said data of other users contained or stored in a ad hoc database, such as for example a cloud storage system, so as to attribute a certain meaning to said first data series, wherein said meaning includes the definition of a category for the user, wherein said category includes data and/or files of other users who present a similar or analogous response to said first data series.
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