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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ofer J Matan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Illah R Nourbakhsh, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4285422 ; 52 812 ; 52646 ;
Abstract
A tensile-integrity (tensegrity) structure which automatically and elastically returns to its original shape after deformation comprises compression units (e.g. struts) �11! connected together by elastic tensile units (e.g. elastic chords) �13!. Each elastic chord �13! connects the extreme tip �12! of a first side strut to a midpoint �15! of a center strut. The extreme tip of a second side strut is similarly connected to the midpoint of the center strut by an elastic chord.