Systems and methods for all-shape modified building block applications
AssigneeT. Dashon Howard
InventorT. Dashon Howard
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Abstract
All-shape building blocks may be shaped as platonic solids. All-Shape building blocks include a flange on each tetrahedron edge, where each flange and each tetrahedron vertex may include magnetic materials (e.g., magnets, ferromagnetic metals). All-Shape building block flanges may be used to capture kinetic energy from a fluid. Multiple All-Shape building blocks may be combined to form larger structures, and the included magnetic materials may be used to retain the formed geometric structure shape.
Claims11
A plurality of tetrahedral building blocks, each tetrahedral building block comprising:
- a tetrahedron including four tetrahedral surfaces, six edges, and four vertices;
- a flange disposed on each of the six edges, wherein the flanges are flexibly attached to each of the six edges, and wherein each flange is configurable to collapse toward or extend away from one of the tetrahedral surfaces;
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- a flange hardware control line to control a flange angle for each flange with respect to one of the tetrahedral surfaces.
A plurality of tetrahedral building blocks, each tetrahedral building block comprising:
- a tetrahedron including four tetrahedral surfaces, six edges, and four vertices;
- a flange disposed on each of the six edges, wherein the flanges are flexibly attached to each of the six edges;
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- a spoke attached to the tetrahedron, wherein the plurality of spokes are connected to a hub,
- wherein the plurality of tetrahedral building blocks are configured to rotate around the hub in response to a flow of gas or liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.