Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low energy process for making curved sandwich structures with little or no residual stress
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Application No.: US14255389Application Date: 2014-04-17
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Publication No.: US09751287B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Jacob M. Hundley , Nilesh D. Mankame , Eric C. Clough , Alan J. Jacobsen , Elisabeth J. Berger
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Miller IP Group, PLC
- Agent John A. Miller
- Main IPC: B32B37/02
- IPC: B32B37/02 ; B32B38/18 ; B32B15/04 ; B32B27/20 ; B60R21/34 ; B32B37/14

Abstract:
A process for fabricating a curved beam including a micro-truss structure. In one embodiment, the process includes fabricating the micro-truss structure on a bottom facesheet, where the micro-truss structure is only partially cured so that it is readily bendable, and then forming the partially cured micro-truss structure and bottom facesheet over a curved fixture, where the partially cured micro-truss structure is then fully cured and hardened to its final curved state. A top facesheet is then adhered to a top surface of the micro-truss structure. In an alternate embodiment, a curved bottom facesheet is forced flat against a fixture and the micro-truss structure is formed while the bottom facesheet is secured to the fixture to a partially cured state. The bottom facesheet is then released from the fixture, which causes it to return to its curved configuration causing the micro-truss structure to bend.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150298443A1 LOW ENERGY PROCESS FOR MAKING CURVED SANDWICH STRUCTURES WITH LITTLE OR NO RESIDUAL STRESS Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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