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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:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Robert Joseph Hannum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Scott Davies, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Theodore Walsh, Brentwood, CA (US);
Michael Shay Binion, Cary, NC (US);
Mario Greco, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Robert Joseph Hannum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Scott Davies, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Theodore Walsh, Brentwood, CA (US);
Michael Shay Binion, Cary, NC (US);
Mario Greco, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
One embodiment described herein is a sheet of materialformed into accurate and high value structures by implementing a plurality of elongated slotsthat are obliquely placed along a fold linewhich create one or more stripsconsisting of a length w, a width s and an angle f to said fold line. The stripsare put into a state of plastic deformation through torsion which is controlled via the combination of said length w, width s, and angle f elements to create accurate, unique, complex and high value products or forms. The embodiments described allow for a greater degree of freedom of sheet material types, a greater degree of sheet material thicknesses, while simplifying implementation. This and other embodiments are also enclosed.