Method for generating planar expandable structure by adding hinged points and hinged rods
US12314637B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 2024 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/13
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a systematic method for generating a planar expandable structure by adding hinged points and hinged rods based on uniform tessellation, including: establishing a database of planar uniform tessellation graphs; selecting, inputting a graph of arbitrarily size range, naming it Graph A; drawing a dual tessellation graph of the Graph A, and extracting a basic unit b from it; determining whether the basic unit b has rotational symmetry, if not, then expanding the basic unit b to adjacent units, and denoting a final combined unit as Graph C; choosing to add hinged points or hinged rods, adjusting a length of each side of the Graph C, making Graph C′; adding original tessellation polygons in the Graph A to corresponding angular points of the Graph C′, rotating at a predetermined angle; hinging adjacent polygons by the hinged points or hinged rods together to obtain an expandable structural unit.
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