Load bearing structure and method of manufacture thereof
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsChinniah Thiagarajan, Narayanaswamy Venkatesha
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Abstract
A load bearing structure configured to bear a load, the structure comprising a multiple cells. The load bearing structure has a length, a center, and a cell density, which varies at least along the length of the load bearing structure, which weighs at least 6 kg.
Claims33
A load bearing structure configured to bear a load, said load bearing structure comprising a plurality of cells, said load bearing structure having a length, a center, and a cell density, wherein said cell density varies at least along said length, and said load bearing structure having a mass of at least 6 kg.
The load bearing structure of claim 14, wherein said load is greater than about 10 kN.
A method of manufacturing a load bearing structure, the method comprising:
- providing a mold having cavities complimentary to the load bearing structure;
- molding a polymeric material into the mold;
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- recovering the load bearing structure from the mold,
- wherein the load bearing structure configured to bear a load, the load bearing structure comprising a plurality of cells, the load bearing structure having a length, a center, and a cell density, wherein said cell density varies at least along said length, and the load bearing structure having a mass of at least 6 kg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.