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US 12,746,722 B2Granted
Data processing device for generating microstructures having controllable deformable properties
AssigneeInstitut National De Recherche En Informatique Et En Atuomatique
InventorsSylvain Lefebvre, Jonas Martinez, Samuel Kenzari, Jean-Claude Andre, Jimmy Etienne
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Abstract
A device for additive manufacturing comprises a memory (52) arranged to receive shape data of the object to be manufactured and actuator data for the object to be manufactured, a computer (54) arranged to determine an additive model (56) defining an orthotropic foam using the shape data of the object to be manufactured and actuator data for the object to be manufactured.
Claims5
Device for additive manufacturing, comprising:
- a memory arranged to receive shape data of object to be manufactured and actuator data for the object to be manufactured, the actuator data defining at least one actuator configured for allowing a provided and controllable deformation of the object,
- a computer arranged to determine an additive model defining an orthotropic foam using the shape data of the object to be manufactured and actuator data for the object to be manufactured, wherein in the additive model the at least one actuator takes the form of one or more closed structures integrated in the orthotropic foam and configured to receive a gas, a gel or a fluid therein.
Method for determining additive model data comprising:
- a) receiving shape data of object to be manufactured,
- b) receiving actuator data for the object to be manufactured, the actuator data defining at least one actuator configured for allowing a provided and controllable deformation of the object,
- c) determining an additive model defining an orthotropic foam from the shape data of the object to be manufactured and the actuator data for the object to be manufactured, wherein in the additive model the at least one actuator takes the form of one or more closed structures integrated in the orthotropic foam and configured to receive a gas, a gel or a fluid therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.