Damped split beam structural member with segmented beam parts
    1.
    发明授权
    Damped split beam structural member with segmented beam parts 有权
    带有分段梁部件的阻尼分束结构件

    公开(公告)号:US08757601B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-24

    申请号:US13227744

    申请日:2011-09-08

    IPC分类号: F16F7/08 E04C2/34

    CPC分类号: B64C3/185 F16F7/08 F16F15/04

    摘要: A structural member includes a split beam within a box structure. The split beam may be a segmented beam that includes multiple segments for each of its parts. Movement of the split beam parts within the box structure, as the structural member flexes, dissipates energy and adds to the damping of the structural member.

    摘要翻译: 结构构件包括盒结构内的分束。 分割梁可以是分段梁,其包括用于其每个部分的多个段。 当结构构件弯曲时,箱结构内的分离梁部件的运动消耗能量并增加结构构件的阻尼。

    Structure with reconfigurable polymer material
    2.
    发明授权
    Structure with reconfigurable polymer material 有权
    具有可重构聚合物材料的结构

    公开(公告)号:US08382042B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-26

    申请号:US12120271

    申请日:2008-05-14

    IPC分类号: B64C9/00

    摘要: A structure includes a polymer structural member, which may include a shape memory polymer material, that can change its size and/or shape. An electromagnetic source is used to impose an electric field or a magnetic field on the polymer structural material, in order to control the shape of the material. The force may be used to change the shape of the material and/or to maintain the shape of the material while it is under load. The polymer material may be a solid material, may be a foam, and/or may include a gel. A shape memory polymer material may have mixed in it particles that are acted upon by the electromagnetic field. The structure may be used in any of a variety of devices where shape change (morphing), especially under loading, is desired.

    摘要翻译: 结构包括聚合物结构构件,其可以包括可改变其尺寸和/或形状的形状记忆聚合物材料。 电磁源用于在聚合物结构材料上施加电场或磁场,以便控制材料的形状。 该力可以用于改变材料的形状和/或在材料负载时保持材料的形状。 聚合物材料可以是固体材料,可以是泡沫,和/或可以包括凝胶。 形状记忆聚合物材料可以在其中混合被电磁场作用的颗粒。 该结构可以用于需要形状变化(变形),特别是在加载下的各种装置中的任何一种。

    INTERCEPTOR VEHICLE WITH EXTENDIBLE ARMS
    3.
    发明申请
    INTERCEPTOR VEHICLE WITH EXTENDIBLE ARMS 有权
    具有可扩展性的障碍物车辆

    公开(公告)号:US20120180691A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-19

    申请号:US12327981

    申请日:2008-12-04

    IPC分类号: F42B12/02 F42B12/72

    CPC分类号: F42B12/34

    摘要: A kinetic anti-projectile vehicle includes a body, and extendible arms that extend radially from the body. The arms include a foam material, such as a shape memory foam. The foam material may be heated to expand it. The foam arms may be mechanically restrained while being heated. The mechanically restraint may be removed by heating, for example including a fusible link or a shape memory sold material. The foam material arms may include solid material, either in the form of solid material particles, such as high strength particles, or in the form of supports or restraints in the foam material. The extension of the foam arms increases the effective area of the vehicle for impacting a projectile. Impact on the projectile from the body and/or one or more of the arms may be sufficient to destroy, divert, or otherwise disable the projectile.

    摘要翻译: 动力学防弹丸车辆包括主体和从身体径向延伸的可延伸臂。 臂包括泡沫材料,例如形状记忆泡沫。 泡沫材料可以被加热以使其膨胀。 泡沫臂可以在加热时被机械地约束。 机械约束可以通过加热来移除,例如包括可熔连接件或形状记忆销售材料。 泡沫材料臂可以包括固体材料,其以固体材料颗粒的形式,例如高强度颗粒,或泡沫材料中的支撑体或约束形式。 泡沫臂的延伸增加了用于撞击弹丸的车辆的有效面积。 从身体和/或一个或多个武器对射弹的影响可能足以摧毁,转移或以其他方式使射弹失效。

    Shape-changing structure member with embedded spring
    4.
    发明授权
    Shape-changing structure member with embedded spring 有权
    带嵌入式弹簧的变形结构件

    公开(公告)号:US08016249B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-13

    申请号:US12120273

    申请日:2008-05-14

    IPC分类号: B64C3/54

    摘要: A shape-changing structural member has a shape-changing material, such as a suitable foam material, for example a polymer foam capable of withstanding at least 300% strain or a metal alloy foam capable of withstanding at least 5% strain. Springs, such as one or more coil springs, provide structural support for the shape-changing material. The springs may also be used to provide forces to expand and contract the shape change material. The springs may include pairs of concentric springs, one inside of another. The concentric springs may surround an underlying skeleton structure that supports the shape-changing material and/or aids in changing the shape of the material. The concentric springs may or may not be wrapped around the underlying skeleton structure. Multiple springs or pairs of springs may be coupled together using a sheet metal connector.

    摘要翻译: 形状改变的结构构件具有形状改变材料,例如合适的泡沫材料,例如能够承受至少300%应变的聚合物泡沫或能够承受至少5%应变的金属合金泡沫。 诸如一个或多个螺旋弹簧的弹簧为形状改变材料提供结构支撑。 这些弹簧也可以用于提供力以使形状变化材料膨胀和收缩。 弹簧可以包括成对的同心弹簧,一个在另一个的内部。 同心弹簧可以围绕支撑形状改变材料的底层骨架结构和/或有助于改变材料的形状。 同心弹簧可以或可以不包裹在下面的骨架结构周围。 多个弹簧或弹簧对可以使用钣金连接器联接在一起。

    MULTI-LAYER METAL/SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER ROLL-UP WING STRUCTURES FOR FITMENT-CONSTRAINED AIR VEHICLES
    5.
    发明申请
    MULTI-LAYER METAL/SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER ROLL-UP WING STRUCTURES FOR FITMENT-CONSTRAINED AIR VEHICLES 有权
    多层金属/形状记忆聚合物旋转翼型结构

    公开(公告)号:US20100282906A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-11

    申请号:US12463400

    申请日:2009-05-10

    IPC分类号: B64C3/00 B64C1/00

    摘要: A laminated wing structure includes at least one layer of metal material and at least one layer of a shape memory polymer (SMP) material. The SMP is heated to a temperature in its glass transition band Tg to roll the wing around the air vehicle into a stored position. The metal layer(s) must be thin enough to remain below its yield point when rolled up. In preparation for launch, the SMP material is thermally activated allowing the strain energy stored in the layer of metal material to return the wing to its deployed position at launch. Once deployed, the SMP cools to its glassy state. The SMP material may be reinforced with fiber to form a polymer matrix composite (PMC). SMP may be used to provide shear strain relief for multiple metal layers. By offloading the motive force required to return the wing to its original deployed position from the SMP to the metal, the polymer does not acquire a permanent set and the wing may be deployed accurately.

    摘要翻译: 层压翼结构包括至少一层金属材料和至少一层形状记忆聚合物(SMP)材料。 将SMP加热到其玻璃化转变带Tg的温度,以将机身周围的机翼卷绕成储存位置。 金属层必须足够薄以便在卷起时保持低于其屈服点。 在准备发射时,SMP材料被热激活,允许存储在金属材料层中的应变能在发射时将机翼返回到其展开位置。 一旦部署,SMP冷却到玻璃状态。 SMP材料可以用纤维增强以形成聚合物基质复合材料(PMC)。 SMP可用于为多个金属层提供剪切应变消除。 通过卸载将机翼从SMP返回到金属的原始展开位置所需的动力,聚合物不会获得永久变形,并且可以准确地展开机翼。

    SHAPE-CHANGING STRUCTURE WITH SUPERELASTIC FOAM MATERIAL
    6.
    发明申请
    SHAPE-CHANGING STRUCTURE WITH SUPERELASTIC FOAM MATERIAL 有权
    具有超柔软泡沫材料的形状变化结构

    公开(公告)号:US20090286101A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-19

    申请号:US12120275

    申请日:2008-05-14

    IPC分类号: B32B5/18

    摘要: A shape-changing structure has a superelastic metal foam structural member that changes shape (morphs) to change configuration of the structure. The superelastic metal foam structural member changes shape while maintaining a continuous outer surface, with the continuous metal foam material inside the outer surface expanding, contracting, or otherwise changing shape. The superelastic metal foam material may be heated above a transition temperature to allow it to change shape, and then cooled to cause it to increase in strength, more easily maintaining its new shape. The superelastic metal foam material may be a suitable alloy, for example a nickel titanium alloy, that exhibits superelastic (pseudoelastic) behavior. The superelastic metal foam material may be a shape memory alloy material that returns to a set shape upon moderate heating. The superelastic metal elastic foam structural member may be heated either by an internal heat source or by external heating.

    摘要翻译: 变形结构具有改变形状(变形)以改变结构构型的超弹性金属泡沫结构构件。 超弹性金属泡沫结构构件在保持连续的外表面的同时改变形状,其中外表面内的连续金属泡沫材料膨胀,收缩或以其它方式改变形状。 超弹性金属泡沫材料可以在转变温度以上加热,以使其形状变化,然后冷却以使其增加强度,更容易保持其新形状。 超弹性金属泡沫材料可以是显示超弹性(假弹性)行为的合适的合金,例如镍钛合金。 超弹性金属泡沫材料可以是形状记忆合金材料,其在适度加热时恢复到固定形状。 超弹性金属弹性泡沫结构件可以通过内部热源或外部加热来加热。

    Interceptor vehicle with extendible arms
    7.
    发明授权
    Interceptor vehicle with extendible arms 有权
    拦截车与伸缩臂

    公开(公告)号:US08387536B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-05

    申请号:US12327981

    申请日:2008-12-04

    IPC分类号: F42B8/00

    CPC分类号: F42B12/34

    摘要: A kinetic anti-projectile vehicle includes a body, and extendible arms that extend radially from the body. The arms include a foam material, such as a shape memory foam. The foam material may be heated to expand it. The foam arms may be mechanically restrained while being heated. The mechanically restraint may be removed by heating, for example including a fusible link or a shape memory sold material. The foam material arms may include solid material, either in the form of solid material particles, such as high strength particles, or in the form of supports or restraints in the foam material. The extension of the foam arms increases the effective area of the vehicle for impacting a projectile. Impact on the projectile from the body and/or one or more of the arms may be sufficient to destroy, divert, or otherwise disable the projectile.

    摘要翻译: 动力学防弹丸车辆包括主体和从身体径向延伸的可延伸臂。 臂包括泡沫材料,例如形状记忆泡沫。 泡沫材料可以被加热以使其膨胀。 泡沫臂可以在加热时被机械地约束。 机械约束可以通过加热来移除,例如包括可熔连接件或形状记忆销售材料。 泡沫材料臂可以包括固体材料,其以固体材料颗粒的形式,例如高强度颗粒,或泡沫材料中的支撑体或约束形式。 泡沫臂的延伸增加了用于撞击弹丸的车辆的有效面积。 从身体和/或一个或多个武器对射弹的影响可能足以摧毁,转移或以其他方式使射弹失效。

    DAMPED SPLIT BEAM STRUCTURAL MEMBER WITH SEGMENTED BEAM PARTS
    8.
    发明申请
    DAMPED SPLIT BEAM STRUCTURAL MEMBER WITH SEGMENTED BEAM PARTS 有权
    具有分段梁部件的阻尼分离梁结构构件

    公开(公告)号:US20120061888A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-15

    申请号:US13227744

    申请日:2011-09-08

    IPC分类号: E04C3/00 F16F7/00

    CPC分类号: B64C3/185 F16F7/08 F16F15/04

    摘要: A structural member includes a split beam within a box structure. The split beam may be a segmented beam that includes multiple segments for each of its parts. Movement of the split beam parts within the box structure, as the structural member flexes, dissipates energy and adds to the damping of the structural member.

    摘要翻译: 结构构件包括盒结构内的分束。 分割梁可以是分段梁,其包括用于其每个部分的多个段。 当结构构件弯曲时,箱结构内的分离梁部件的运动消耗能量并增加结构构件的阻尼。

    SHAPE-CHANGING STRUCTURE MEMBER WITH EMBEDDED SPRING
    9.
    发明申请
    SHAPE-CHANGING STRUCTURE MEMBER WITH EMBEDDED SPRING 有权
    具有嵌入式弹簧的形状变化结构构件

    公开(公告)号:US20110212342A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-01

    申请号:US13103269

    申请日:2011-05-09

    IPC分类号: B32B15/01 C08J9/35 C08K7/00

    摘要: A shape-changing structural member has a shape-changing material, such as a suitable foam material, for example a polymer foam capable of withstanding at least 300% strain or a metal alloy foam capable of withstanding at least 5% strain. Springs, such as one or more coil springs, provide structural support for the shape-changing material. The springs may also be used to provide forces to expand and contract the shape change material. The springs may include pairs of concentric springs, one inside of another. The concentric springs may surround an underlying skeleton structure that supports the shape-changing material and/or aids in changing the shape of the material. The concentric springs may or may not be wrapped around the underlying skeleton structure. Multiple springs or pairs of springs may be coupled together using a sheet metal connector.

    摘要翻译: 形状改变的结构构件具有形状改变材料,例如合适的泡沫材料,例如能够承受至少300%应变的聚合物泡沫或能够承受至少5%应变的金属合金泡沫。 诸如一个或多个螺旋弹簧的弹簧为形状改变材料提供结构支撑。 这些弹簧也可以用于提供力以使形状变化材料膨胀和收缩。 弹簧可以包括成对的同心弹簧,一个在另一个的内部。 同心弹簧可以围绕支撑形状改变材料的底层骨架结构和/或有助于改变材料的形状。 同心弹簧可以或可以不包裹在下面的骨架结构周围。 多个弹簧或弹簧对可以使用钣金连接器联接在一起。

    STRUCTURE WITH RECONFIGURABLE POLYMER MATERIAL
    10.
    发明申请
    STRUCTURE WITH RECONFIGURABLE POLYMER MATERIAL 有权
    结构与可重复使用的聚合物材料

    公开(公告)号:US20090283936A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-19

    申请号:US12120271

    申请日:2008-05-14

    IPC分类号: B29C67/20 B32B3/26

    摘要: A structure includes a polymer structural member, which may include a shape memory polymer material, that can change its size and/or shape. An electromagnetic source is used to impose an electric field or a magnetic field on the polymer structural material, in order to control the shape of the material. The force may be used to change the shape of the material and/or to maintain the shape of the material while it is under load. The polymer material may be a solid material, may be a foam, and/or may include a gel. A shape memory polymer material may have mixed in it particles that are acted upon by the electromagnetic field. The structure may be used in any of a variety of devices where shape change (morphing), especially under loading, is desired.

    摘要翻译: 结构包括聚合物结构构件,其可以包括可改变其尺寸和/或形状的形状记忆聚合物材料。 电磁源用于在聚合物结构材料上施加电场或磁场,以便控制材料的形状。 该力可以用于改变材料的形状和/或在材料负载时保持材料的形状。 聚合物材料可以是固体材料,可以是泡沫,和/或可以包括凝胶。 形状记忆聚合物材料可以在其中混合被电磁场作用的颗粒。 该结构可以用于需要形状变化(变形),特别是在加载下的各种装置中的任何一种。