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US 2019/0274447 A1Published application
System for multi-dimensional stiffness control of surfaces
OwnerEran Ishay, Yariv Dror Mizrahiinventors
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Abstract
An elastic device providing means of controlling its stiffness by controlling the tension of the string or group of springs resulting in adjustable transverse stiffness of it, arranged in matrix to enable the control of spatial stiffness of a 2D matrix in unlimited resolution.
Claims9
An elastic device comprising:
- a matrix of loading points, each of said loading points being attached to one or more strings in two or more directions, wherein each of said strings is coupled to a tension mechanism independently of the other strings, and wherein a transverse stiffness of a particular one of said loading points is proportional to tensions of said strings that are coupled to said particular one of said loading points, such that the transverse stiffness of said particular one of said loading points is C·(T1+T2+T3+ . . . +Ta), where C is a multiplication factor, and a is a number of strings coupled to said particular one of said loading points.
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