Patents by Inventor Norman Peter HACK

Norman Peter HACK 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).

  • Digital method and automated robotic setup for producing variable-density and arbitrary shaped metallic meshes
    Patent number: 10946522
    Abstract: A mobile manufacturing device and a method for producing three-dimensional lattice or mesh structures, wherein the mobile manufacturing device is a mobile device adapted to move along a three-dimensional structure to be produced, in particular while performing both translation and rotation movements in three-dimensional space, and wherein the mobile manufacturing device includes a means for detection of its position relative to the dimensional structure to be produced, so that the mobile manufacturing device is able to produce the three-dimensional structure as an autonomous robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Norman Peter Hack, Nitish Kumar, Jonas Buchli, Matthias Kohler, Fabio Matteo Gramazio
  • 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
  • DIGITAL METHOD AND AUTOMATED ROBOTIC SETUP FOR PRODUCING VARIABLE-DENSITY AND ARBITRARY SHAPED METALLIC MESHES
    Publication number: 20190077020
    Abstract: A mobile manufacturing device and a method for producing three-dimensional lattice or mesh structures, wherein the mobile manufacturing device is a mobile device adapted to move along a three-dimensional structure to be produced, in particular while performing both translation and rotation movements in three-dimensional space, and wherein the mobile manufacturing device includes a means for detection of its position relative to the dimensional structure to be produced, so that the mobile manufacturing device is able to produce the three-dimensional structure as an autonomous robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: ETH ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Norman Peter HACK, Nitish KUMAR, Jonas BUCHLI, Matthias KOHLER, Fabio Matteo GRAMAZIO
  • 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