US 11,752,534 B2
Automatic metal wire bending (AMWB) apparatus to manufacture shape conforming lattice structure with continuum design for manufacturable topology
Bashir Khoda, Fargo, ND (US); Nazmul Ahsan, Fargo, ND (US); Md Habib, Fargo, ND (US); and Ruinan Xie, Fargo, ND (US)
Assigned to NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Fargo, ND (US)
Filed by NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, ND (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/711,364.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/778,110, filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0180004 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. B21D 7/08 (2006.01); B21D 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 7/08 (2013.01) [B21D 7/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire bending apparatus comprising:
a feeding system;
a first control platform axis including first parallel guides, a first movable carriage supported by the first parallel guides, and a first bending unit attached to the first moveable carriage; and
a second control platform axis including second parallel guides, a second movable carriage supported by the second parallel guides, and a second bending unit attached to the second moveable carriage;
wherein the first parallel guides are on a horizontal plane;
wherein the second parallel guides are on a vertical plane; and
wherein the horizontal plane is orthogonal to the vertical plane.