US 12,228,246 B2
Variable stiffness beam
Michael Sanders, Pleasant Grove, UT (US)
Filed by Michael Sanders, Pleasant Grove, UT (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,198.
Application 18/109,198 is a continuation of application No. 16/559,283, filed on Sep. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,578,835.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,309, filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0183492 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. F16S 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16S 3/02 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a first beam member including:
first tension elements; and
first compression elements, wherein the first tension elements extend between adjacent first compression elements, the first compression elements protrude from the first tension elements, and the first compression elements are hollow;
a second beam member including:
second tension elements; and
second compression elements, wherein the second tension elements extend between adjacent second compression elements, the second tension elements extend between adjacent second compression elements, the second compression elements are hollow, and the first and second beam members are configured to join together to form a beam assembly by interleaving the first and second compression elements.