US 12,473,670 B2
Woven quadrilateral mesh origami structures and related functional materials
Hongyu Yu, Kowloon (HK); Yongkai Li, Sai Kung (HK); and Xingru Chen, Sai Kung (HK)
Assigned to The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon (HK)
Filed by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon (HK)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/650,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/502,421, filed on May 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0384447 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. D03D 15/46 (2021.01); D03D 7/00 (2006.01); D03D 25/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/36 (2006.01)
CPC D03D 25/005 (2013.01) [D03D 7/00 (2013.01); G10K 11/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
first linear sections of a foldable material positioned in a first orientation, the first linear sections comprising first creases formed into the first linear sections that define first quadrilateral segments of the first linear sections; and
second linear sections of the foldable material that are positioned in a second orientation that is not the first orientation and woven into the first linear sections, resulting in the second linear sections being placed adjacent to first surfaces of alternating sections of the first linear sections and second surfaces, opposite the first surfaces, of other sections, other than the alternating sections, of the first linear sections,
wherein the second linear sections comprise second creases formed into the second linear sections that define second quadrilateral segments of the second linear sections, and
wherein the second linear sections being woven into the first linear sections results in the first quadrilateral segments of the first linear sections and the second quadrilateral segments of the second linear sections forming a tessellated mesh structure.