Abstract: An apparatus for making a three-dimensionally curved object, said apparatus comprising a membrane having a moulding surface, which is configurable into a predetermined shape by individually adjusting an array of actuators acting on the surface opposite the moulding surface of said membrane, wherein the membrane is a ferromagnetic membrane and the actuators are provided with magnetic joints at the distal ends of said actuators.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 5, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2024
Assignee:
ADAPA APS
Inventors:
Christian Raun Jepsen, Stasys Montvydas, Jakob Filsø
Abstract: The present invention concerns an apparatus for making a three-dimensionally curved object, said apparatus comprising a membrane having a moulding surface, which is configurable into a predetermined shape by individually adjusting an array of actuators acting on the surface opposite the moulding surface of said membrane, wherein the membrane is a ferromagnetic membrane and the actuators are provided with magnetic joints at the distal ends of said actuators.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 2, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 27, 2021
Assignee:
ADAPA APS
Inventors:
Christian Raun Jepsen, Stasys Montvydas, Jakob Filsø
Abstract: A flexible mat (1) for providing a dynamically reconfigurable double-curved moulding surface (40) in a mould. The flexible mat (1) comprises a system of rhomboid flat elements (10, 10?, 26, 26?) of an elastic deformable material arranged mutually movably in two or more relatively rotated layers (10, 10?), surrounded by a first upper cloth (6) of an elastic deformable material and a second lower cloth (8) of an elastic deformable material. The cloths (6, 8) are imperviously joined along their lateral limits and form an adjustable impervious chamber. The flexible mat (1) is adapted to be mechanically connected to the free ends (42) of a number of actuators (3) in such a way that the position of a given point on the surface (40) formed by the flexible mat (1) is determined on the basis of the position of the free end (42) of an associated given actuator (3). The mat (1) is capable of forming a uniform, continuous double-curved surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 17, 2011
Date of Patent:
October 27, 2015
Assignee:
Adapa ApS
Inventors:
Mathias Kraemmergaard Kristensen, Christian Raun Jepsen
Abstract: A flexible mat (1) for providing a dynamically reconfigurable double-curved moulding surface (40) in a mould. The flexible mat (1) comprises a system of rhomboid flat elements (10, 10?, 26, 26?) of an elastic deformable material arranged mutually movably in two or more relatively rotated layers (10, 10?), surrounded by a first upper cloth (6) of an elastic deformable material and a second lower cloth (8) of an elastic deformable material. The cloths (6, 8) are imperviously joined along their lateral limits and form an adjustable impervious chamber. The flexible mat (1) is adapted to be mechanically connected to the free ends (42) of a number of actuators (3) in such a way that the position of a given point on the surface (40) formed by the flexible mat (1) is determined on the basis of the position of the free end (42) of an associated given actuator (3). The mat (1) is capable of forming a uniform, continuous double-curved surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 17, 2011
Publication date:
November 14, 2013
Applicant:
ADAPA APS
Inventors:
Mathias Kraemmergaard Kristensen, Christian Raun Jepsen