Patents by Inventor David N. Constanza

David N. Constanza 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).

  • PRE-STRESSED AND CONSTRAINED TRANSFORMABLE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20250065558
    Abstract: A transformable material and comprising a base material having a natural shape, with a second material disposed on the base material in a particular pattern so as to impose a transformed shape on the base material, the transformed shape being different than the natural shape. More particularly, the base material is a stretchable 2-dimensional material, and is subjected to pre-stressing before and during disposition of the second material, whereupon after release of the stress, the stretchable base material with the disposed second material thereon automatically transform into a predetermined 3-dimensional manufactured shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Skylar JE Tibbits, Athina Papadopoulou, David N. Constanza, Christophe Guberan
  • PRE-STRESSED AND CONSTRAINED TRANSFORMABLE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20160339627
    Abstract: A transformable material and comprising a base material having a natural shape, with a second material disposed on the base material in a particular pattern so as to impose a transformed shape on the base material, the transformed shape being different than the natural shape. More particularly, the base material is a stretchable 2-dimensional material, and is subjected to pre-stressing before and during disposition of the second material, whereupon after release of the stress, the stretchable base material with the disposed second material thereon automatically transform into a predetermined 3-dimensional manufactured shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Skylar JE Tibbits, Athina Papadopoulou, David N. Constanza, Christophe Guberan