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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2020
Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Hardik Kabaria, Redwood City, CA (US);
Aidan Kurtz, Palomar Park, CA (US);
Robert G. Sage, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nicholas K. Burgess, San Jose, CA (US);
Ruiqi Chen, Novi, MI (US);
CARBON, INC., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An additively manufactured cushion includes an array of interconnected surface lattice unit cells. The surface lattice unit cells are comprised of a unit cell surface portion configured as a Schoen F-RD minimal surface unit cell, and the unit cell surface portion is comprised of a rigid, flexible, or elastic polymer. In some embodiments, the surface lattice unit cells have an average width of from 1 to 100 millimeters and an average volume fraction of from 5 or 10 percent to 50 or 60 percent.