Patents Assigned to EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH)
  • Publication number: 20180371755
    Abstract: A bamboo composite material for structural applications and method of fabricating the same are provided. The method can comprise the steps of providing a bamboo culm; separating a slice or sheet from the bamboo culm such that the slice or sheet has a longitudinal axis along a fiber direction of the bamboo culm; at least partially detaching individual fiber bundles of the slice or sheet from each other along the longitudinal axis of the slice or sheet; applying a glue to the slice or sheet; and curing the glued slice or sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH), ETH SINGAPORE SEC LTD
    Inventors: Dirk HEBEL, Felix HEISEL
  • Patent number: 10087630
    Abstract: A bamboo composite material for structural applications and method of fabricating the same are provided. The method can comprise the steps of providing a bamboo culm; separating a slice or sheet from the bamboo culm such that the slice or sheet has a longitudinal axis along a fiber direction of the bamboo culm; at least partially detaching individual fiber bundles of the slice or sheet from each other along the longitudinal axis of the slice or sheet; applying a glue to the slice or sheet; and curing the glued slice or sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH), ETH SINGAPORE SEC LTD
    Inventors: Dirk Hebel, Felix Heisel
  • Publication number: 20170114541
    Abstract: A bamboo composite material for structural applications and method of fabricating the same are provided. The method can comprise the steps of providing a bamboo culm; separating a slice or sheet from the bamboo culm such that the slice or sheet has a longitudinal axis along a fiber direction of the bamboo culm; at least partially detaching individual fiber bundles of the slice or sheet from each other along the longitudinal axis of the slice or sheet; applying a glue to the slice or sheet; and curing the glued slice or sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH), ETH SINGAPORE SEC LTD.
    Inventors: Dirk HEBEL, Felix HEISEL