Lattice block material
OwnerJonathan Priluckinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a structural material having a lattice configuration. In one embodiment of the invention, the structural material is manufactured by weaving a continuous wire filament on a loom assembly. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the structural material is formed using substrate sheets that are machined or molded into a desired configuration. The structural material of the invention can be used alone or layered to form a multi-laminate material.
Claims12
A structural material comprising a lattice in the form a continuous array of substantially trigonal structures, said structural material being formed from a substrate having a pattern of apertures therein, said pattern of apertures being sized and shaped so as to form in said substrate said array of said substantially trigonal structures.
A method for the manufacture of a structural material including a lattice, said lattice being in the form of a continuous array of substantially trigonal structures, said method comprising the steps of:
- a.) providing a mold, said mold having a receiving aperture, said receiving aperture being configured so as to form said lattice;
- b.) filling said receiving aperture with a material such that said material will form a substrate sheet in the form of said lattice;
- c.) permitting said material to set such that said material retains the shape of said receiving aperture, said set material forming said substrate sheet having said shape of said lattice;
- d.) releasing said substrate sheet from said mold once said material has set.
A structural material comprising a lattice in the form a continuous array of substantially trigonal structures, said structural material being formed from a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate, said second substrate being positioned between said first substrate and said third substrate, said first substrate and said third substrate having a first pattern of apertures therein, said second substrate having a second pattern of apertures therein, said first pattern and said second pattern cooperating to form said lattice of said substantially trigonal structures when said first substrate, said second substrate, and said third substrate are connected so as to form said structural material.
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