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US 2026/0140492 A1Published application
Faceted material and method for fabricating thereof
AssigneeFoldstar, Inc.
InventorsDaniel KLING, Connor Healy
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Abstract
Example embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to faceted materials patterned in relation to a folding tessellation and methods of folding sheet materials into patterned structures. A method for forming a folded tessellation is provided for structural row and column input data that is to be interpreted through advanced folding algorithms to yield a versatile fabrication process for folded tessellations.
Claims15
A method of preparing a sheet of material, comprising:
- selecting a flat tessellation pattern, a CNC operation is effectuated by information from said tessellation, said CNC operation effectuates tooling that structurally marks the sheet of material along paths, the sheet is then folded along said paths, wherein a resulting folded geometry is produced in the sheet that corresponds to a folded geometry of said tessellation.
A shaped sheet of material, comprising:
- a tessellation pattern, the sheet is structurally marked by CNC operation effectuated by the tessellation, wherein the structurally marking is in substantial correspondence to edges of the tessellation pattern, and the sheet is then folded along said marking, wherein a resulting folded geometry is produced in the sheet that corresponds to a folded geometry of said tessellation.
A shaped sheet of material, comprising:
- a tessellation pattern, the tessellation having repetition along a first axis and a second axis, information from the tessellation effectuating a structural marking of the sheet in substantial correspondence with the edges of the tessellation, and the sheet is then folded along said marking, wherein a resulting folded geometry is produced in the sheet with repetition along two axis, that corresponds to a folded geometry of said tessellation.
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