Digital material assembly by passive means and modular isotropic lattice extruder system (MILES)
US10710698B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04B2001/1978
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A set of machines and related systems build structures by the additive assembly of discrete parts. These digital material assemblies constrain the constituent parts to a discrete set of possible positions and orientations. In doing so, the structures exhibit many of the properties inherent in digital communication such as error correction, fault tolerance and allow the assembly of precise structures with comparatively imprecise tools. Assembly of discrete cellular lattices by a Modular Isotropic Lattice Extruder System (MILES) is implemented by pulling strings of lattice elements through a forming die that enforces geometry constraints that lock the elements into a rigid structure that can then be pushed against and extruded out of the die as an assembled, loadbearing structure.
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