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US 2021/0146581 A1Published application
Method for discrete assembly of cuboctahedron lattice materials
AssigneesMassachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Government as represented by The Administrator of NASA
InventorsBenjamin Jenett, Neil Gershenfield, Kenneth Cheung, Christine Gregg
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Abstract
A method for the design, manufacture, and assembly of modular lattice structures composed of cuboctahedron unit cells.
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A method of producing a cuboctahedral lattice structure comprising:
- molding a plurality of cuboctahedron cells faces using a two-piece mold;
- assembling the cuboctahedron cell faces into cuboctahedron cell voxels;
- choosing a lattice pitch;
- face attaching a sufficient number of said cuboctahedron cell voxels according to the lattice pitch to form a cellular lattice structure.
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A method of producing a cuboctahedral lattice structure comprising:
- injection molding a plurality of cuboctahedron cells faces using a two-piece injection mold;
- assembling the cuboctahedron cell faces into cuboctahedron cell voxels by gluing, welding or riveting;
- choosing a lattice pitch;
- face attaching a sufficient number of said cuboctahedron cell voxels according to the lattice pitch to form a cellular lattice structure.
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A method of producing a lattice structure comprising:
- molding a plurality of cell faces;
- assembling the cell faces into cell voxels;
- face attaching a sufficient number of said voxels to form a cellular lattice structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.