Grid structure

- Lockheed Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a top right side perspective view of a grid structure according to the present invention, the opposite side being a mirror image of the right side; and,

FIG. 2 is a bottom left side perspective view of the grid structure, the opposite side being a mirror image of the left side.

The characteristic feature of the design of a grid structure according to the present invention resides in the fact that the interpenetrating grid sections, which form the interstices defining the grid structure, have sinuous surfaces.

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Patent History
Patent number: D375564
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 13, 1991
Date of Patent: Nov 12, 1996
Assignee: Lockheed Corporation (Calabasas, CA)
Inventor: John M. Perez (Sunnyvale, CA)
Primary Examiner: Doris Clark
Application Number: 7/758,948
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