公开(公告)号：US08927081B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-06

申请号：US13792648

申请日：2013-03-11

Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Inventor： Bryan S. Tye ,  Philip John Jackson

IPC: B44F7/00 ,  B29C69/00 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B29C39/10

CPC classification number: B44F7/00 ,  B29C39/10 ,  B29C69/001 ,  Y10T29/4998 ,  Y10T403/7045 ,  Y10T428/192

Abstract: An artificial skin such as an outer covering or skin for an animatronic character. The skin may be formed by a method that includes providing a mold assembly with an exterior mold and a core. In the mold assembly, a cavity is formed between inner surfaces of the exterior mold and exterior surfaces of the core that defines the skin system. The mold assembly includes a seam-forming wall extending between the inner and exterior surfaces. The method includes inserting an elongate, tubular guide through holes in the seam-forming wall and pouring an elastomeric material into the mold to occupy the cavity between the exterior mold and the interior core. The method includes, after the material has hardened, cutting a seam in the skin system by cutting the material along the seam-forming wall. The tubular guide is separated into guide segments and a staggered joint is formed at the cut seam.

Abstract translation: 一种人造皮肤，如外套或皮肤，适用于动漫人物。 皮肤可以通过包括提供具有外部模具和芯部的模具组件的方法来形成。 在模具组件中，在外模的内表面和限定皮肤系统的芯的外表面之间形成空腔。 模具组件包括在内表面和外表面之间延伸的接缝形成壁。 该方法包括将细长的管状引导件穿过缝隙形成壁中的孔并将弹性材料倒入模具中以占据外部模具和内部芯之间的空腔。 该方法包括在材料硬化之后，通过沿着成缝壁切割材料来在皮肤系统中切割接缝。 管状引导件分离成导向段，并且在切割缝处形成交错的接头。

公开(公告)号：US20240083017A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18127984

申请日：2023-03-29

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Jonathan Becker ,  Richard-Alexandre Peloquin ,  Clara Bercovici ,  Maeis Heshmati ,  Bryan S. Tye ,  Franklin T. Batino

IPC: B25J9/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/0006 ,  A61H2201/1253 ,  A61H2201/1611 ,  A61H2201/1616 ,  A61H2201/1626 ,  A61H2201/163 ,  A61H2201/1638 ,  A61H2201/1645

Abstract: An exoskeleton to support and move a large character costume and to transfer weight of the costume away from a performer's body. The exoskeleton includes a spine including an elongated and rigid vertical member and also includes a waist ring configured to extend about a waist of a performer using the exoskeleton in a spaced apart manner. A lower end of the spine is attached to a rear center portion of the waist ring. The exoskeleton includes a pair of leg assemblies each pivotally coupled on opposite sides of the waist ring. Each of the leg assemblies is spaced apart from a leg of the performer and extends below a foot of the performer, whereby weight is transmitted to a support surface. Each of the leg assemblies may include at least one passive assist mechanism configured to assist the performer in moving the exoskeleton with bipedal locomotion.