Materials having graded internal geometry, and associated systems and methods
AssigneeHyperDamping, Inc.
InventorsRyan Lee HARNE, Jason Milton WHALEY, Katherine SPIES
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods provide a material, comprising a first section including a first plurality of geometric elements associated with a first characteristic, the first section having a first set of mechanical properties; a second section including a second plurality of geometric elements associated with a second characteristic, the second section having a second set of mechanical properties different from the first set of mechanical properties; and a third section including a third plurality of geometric elements having a change in configuration that provides a transition from the first characteristic to the second characteristic.
Claims20
An article, comprising:
- a material including:
- a first section including a first microstructure, the first microstructure having a first characteristic;
- a second section including a second microstructure, the second microstructure having a second characteristic different from the first characteristic;
- and
- a transition section providing a transition from the first microstructure to the second microstructure,
- the first microstructure configured to react differently than the second microstructure in response to a force applied to the material such that the material has a mechanical property that changes along a length of the material extending through the first section and second section.
An article, comprising:
- a material including:
- a first section including a first set of geometric elements, the first set of geometric elements having a first set of characteristics;
- a second section including a second set of geometric elements, the second set of geometric elements having a second set of characteristics;
- and
- a transition section including a third set of geometric elements, the third set of geometric elements having a third set of characteristics that change to provide a transition from the first set of characteristics to the second set of characteristics,
- the first set of geometric elements configured to react differently than the second set of geometric elements in response to a force applied to the material such that the material has a mechanical property that changes along a length of the material extending through the first section and the second section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.