Patents by Inventor Willi Viktor LAUER

Willi Viktor LAUER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, mesh formwork element for fabricating a 3-dimensional structure and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 10543619
    Abstract: Method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, mesh formwork element for fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, and method of fabricating the same. The method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure comprises providing a mesh formwork element such that a cavity bound by at least two opposing portions of the mesh formwork is formed; accumulating a material in the cavity; and allowing the material to harden; wherein apertures in the at least two opposing portions of the mesh formwork element are adapted to the hydro-static pressure of the accumulated material or vice versa such that at least two surfaces of the hardened material substantially take on the respective shapes defined by the two opposing portions of the mesh formwork element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: ETH SINGAPORE SEC LTD., ETH ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH), SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Norman Peter Hack, Willi Viktor Lauer, Fabio Matteo Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, Norman Blank
  • METHOD OF FABRICATING A 3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE, MESH FORMWORK ELEMENT FOR FABRICATING A 3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160207220
    Abstract: Method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, mesh formwork element for fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, and method of fabricating the same. The method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure comprises providing a mesh formwork element such that a cavity bound by at least two opposing portions of the mesh formwork is formed; accumulating a material in the cavity; and allowing the material to harden; wherein apertures in the at least two opposing portions of the mesh formwork element are adapted to the hydro-static pressure of the accumulated material or vice versa such that at least two surfaces of the hardened material substantially take on the respective shapes defined by the two opposing portions of the mesh formwork element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Norman Peter HACK, Willi Viktor LAUER, Fabio Matteo GRAMAZIO, Matthias KOHLER, Norman BLANK