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Method for joining planar sheets and sheets therefor

A plane and joint technology, applied in the direction of connection, connection components, thin plate connection, etc., can solve the problem of not being disclosed

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-05-27
IND ORIGAMI INC CA US
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However, the Rapp patent does not disclose any means provided on the sheets, adjacent to the swage joint, which would align the sheets with each other prior to swaging the sheets together

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[0026] Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the invention has been described in connection with preferred embodiments, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to these embodiments. On the contrary, the invention covers various changes, modifications and equivalent structures included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

[0027]Apparatus and methods for bending or folding sheets of material to form three-dimensional structures are described in considerable detail in the following U.S. patent application and patent of the assignee: 60 entitled "Method of Forming Angles and Partitions in Sheet Materials and Sheets Thereof" / 720,417; 11 / 180,398 entitled "Methods of Increasing the Fatigue Strength of Structures Formed from Curved Slotted Sheet Materials and Products Made Therefrom"; entitled "Methods and T...

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A plane-to-plane joint is configured for securing planar segments of one or more sheet materials together without the need for additional fasteners. The plane-to- plane joint includes a first planar segment having an upper planar surface, a second planar segment having a lower planar surface, a joinder structure monolithically formed on the first planar segment, the joinder structure including a transition zone located below the upper planar surface and a registration zone extending upwardly from the transition zone and out-of-plane from the planar segment, and an aperture in the second planar segment for receiving the joinder structure. The aperture is dimensioned and configured to cooperate with the registration zone of the joinder structure to register the relative position of the first and second planar segments when the lower planar surface abuts against the upper surface. A method of making and using the plane-to-plane joint is also disclosed.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to apparatus and methods for joining together planar sections of sheet material, and more particularly to a plane-to-plane joint having joiner structures that enable the planar sections to be precisely aligned with one another. -plane joint) for precise fastenerless joints. Background technique [0002] Three-dimensional structures can be formed from two-dimensional sheets using various methods. For example, U.S. Patent No. 6,877,349 entitled "Method of Precisely Bending Sheet Material, Manufacturing Process for Slotted Panel" and entitled "Method of Precisely Bending Sheet Material and Strip U.S. Patent No. 6,481,259 to "seamboard" presents in considerable detail an apparatus and method for precisely controlling the bending or folding of a sheet of material along fold lines to form a three-dimensional structure. The sheet of material is provided with fold formations along a desired fold line which fold the she...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B21D28/00
CPCF16B17/008B21D39/031B21D39/032F16B5/045Y10T29/49826B21D28/00
Inventor 马克斯·W·德奈
Owner IND ORIGAMI INC CA US