Method for manufacture of truss core sandwich structures and related structures thereof
First Claim
1. A method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising:
- providing at least one truss layer comprised of at least one truss unit, at least one of said truss units being comprised of truss members;
providing at least one panel in mechanical communication with said at least one truss unit of said at least one truss layer, said mechanical communication defines contact regions wherein said at least one truss unit is coupled to said at least one panel;
said nodes being defined as intersections existing among any of said truss members and said nodes also being defined by said contact regions;
providing at least one node pin, said at least one node pin spanning between two desired said nodes; and
diffusion bonding at least one of said truss layer to said at least one panel, said bonding includes;
applying heat, andapplying force that results in said truss layer and said panel that are being bonded to be pressed together, said node pins provide support for the structure so as to concentrate or transmit the applied force onto said contact regions.
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Abstract
An embodiment provides a method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising: providing at least one truss layer comprised of at least one truss unit, at least one of the truss units being comprised of truss members; providing at least one panel in mechanical communication with the at least one truss unit of the at least one truss layer, the mechanical communication defines contact regions wherein the at least one truss unit is coupled to the at least one panel; the nodes being defined as intersections existing among any of the truss members and the nodes also being defined by the contact regions; providing at least one node pin, the at least one node pin spanning between two desired the nodes; and diffusion bonding at least one of the truss layer to the at least one panel. The bonding includes: applying heat, and applying force that results in the truss layer and the panel that are being bonded to be pressed together, the node pins provide support for the structure so as to concentrate or transmit the applied force onto the contact regions.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising:
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providing at least one truss layer comprised of at least one truss unit, at least one of said truss units being comprised of truss members; providing at least one panel in mechanical communication with said at least one truss unit of said at least one truss layer, said mechanical communication defines contact regions wherein said at least one truss unit is coupled to said at least one panel; said nodes being defined as intersections existing among any of said truss members and said nodes also being defined by said contact regions; providing at least one node pin, said at least one node pin spanning between two desired said nodes; and diffusion bonding at least one of said truss layer to said at least one panel, said bonding includes; applying heat, and applying force that results in said truss layer and said panel that are being bonded to be pressed together, said node pins provide support for the structure so as to concentrate or transmit the applied force onto said contact regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising:
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providing at least one intermediate member; bending at least one of said intermediate member to form a truss layer comprised of at least one truss unit, at least one of said truss units being comprised of truss members; providing at least one panel in mechanical communication with said at least one truss unit of said at least one truss layer, said mechanical communication defines contact regions wherein said at least one truss unit is coupled to said at least one panel; said nodes being defined as intersections existing among any of said truss members and said nodes also being defined by said contact regions; providing at least one node pin, said at least one node pin spanning between two desired said nodes; and diffusion bonding at least one of said truss layer to said at least one panel, said bonding includes; applying heat, and applying force that results in said truss layer and said panel that are being bonded to be pressed together, said node pins provide support for the structure so as to concentrate or transmit the applied force onto said contact regions. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising:
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providing at least one intermediate member; providing at least one panel; providing at least two node pins, said at least two node pins located between said intermediate member and said panel; applying at least one level of force that results in; said intermediate layer to be at least one of bent, stretched, and/or otherwise deformed or combination thereof into a desired geometry in response to at least in part to said node pins to form at least one truss layer, said at least one truss layer being in mechanical communication with said panel, said mechanical communication defines contact regions wherein said at least one truss unit is coupled to said at least one panel; and diffusion bonding at least one of said truss layer to said at least one panel, said bonding includes; applying said at least one level of force that results in said truss layer and said panel that are being bonded to be pressed together, said node pins provide support for the structure so as to concentrate or transmit the applied force onto said contact regions. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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