WO1998010921B1 - Structural dimple panel - Google Patents
Structural dimple panelInfo
- Publication number
- WO1998010921B1 WO1998010921B1 PCT/US1997/015674 US9715674W WO9810921B1 WO 1998010921 B1 WO1998010921 B1 WO 1998010921B1 US 9715674 W US9715674 W US 9715674W WO 9810921 B1 WO9810921 B1 WO 9810921B1
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- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- dimple
- layer
- panel
- dimples
- layers
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Abstract
A panel (1) having one or more dimple layers (5) connected together by one or more reinforcing layers (7) engaging ends of dimples (3) on the dimple layer to create a cavity between the layers. The connection of the dimple layer and reinforcing layers creates an integral structural panel that can be planar by having identical heights of the dimples on the dimple layer to create a planar panel (flat) or nonplanar (curved) by varying the heights of the dimples on the dimple layer or through planar spacing adjustment. The panel can be modified in various ways such as by choice of materials and/or geometries of the various layers and/or incorporation of additional structural features.
Claims
1. A structural dimple panel, comprising: a dimple layer having a plurality of dimples extending from a first side of the dimple layer, said dimple layer being compliant; and a reinforcing layer having openings therethrough comprising connection portions, said dimples penetrating at least some of said openings registering and interlocking said layers, the compliance of said dimple layer accommodating loading of the dimple panel to distribute stresses placed on the interlocking of said layers.
2. The dimple panel of Claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing layer is generally planar.
3. The dimple panel of Claim 1 , wherein the periphery of the furthest extension of said dimples generally define the interlocking portion of said dimples.
4. The dimple panel of Claim 1, wherein the dimple layer and the reinforcing layer are flexible enough to allow the dimple panel to be shaped into a nonplanar configuration as determined by the planar spacing adjustment.
5. The dimple panel of Claim 4, wherein at least one of the dimples includes a fastening portion and the reinforcing layer includes a complimentary portion receiving the fastening portion wherein planar adjustments between the dimple layer and the reinforcing layer can be made.
6. The dimple panel of Claim 1, wherein the reinforcing layer is nonplanar.
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7. The dimple panel of Claim 1, further comprising a biasing element located between the dimple layer and the reinforcing layer, the biasing element surrounding the at least one dimple and biasing the dimple layer away from the reinforcing layer.
8. The dimple panel of Claim 1, wherein the dimples vary in height, width, shape, spacing and/or size.
9. The dimple panel of Claim 1 , wherein at least one of the dimples is collapsible.
10. The dimple panel of Claim 1, wherein the reinforcing layer has at least one additional passage therethrough.
11. The dimple panel of Claim 1 , wherein at least one of the dimples has a passage therethrough.
12. The dimple panel of Claim 11 further including strand material routed through at least one of the passages or openings to mechanically interlock the layers.
13. The dimple panel of Claim 11 , wherein the portion of the dimple forming the passage is of a memory material which allows the size of the passage and/or the distance between the layers to be changed when the memory material undergoes a change in temperature.
14. The dimple panel of Claim 1, wherein the dimple layer is a single- sided dimple layer having the dimples on only one side thereof.
15. The dimple panel of Claim 1, wherein the dimple layer is a double-sided dimple layer having the dimples on both sides thereof.
16. The dimple panel of Claim 15, wherein the reinforcing layer engages the dimples on one side of the double-sided dimple layer.
17. The dimple panel of Claim 1, wherein a cavity is defined between the dimple layer and the reinforcing layer and said cavity provides a passage for a liquid, solid or gaseous medium.
18. A multilayer dimple panel, comprising: a dimple layer having a plurality of first dimples extending from a first side thereof and a plurality of second dimples extending from a second side thereof, said dimple layer being compliant; a first reinforcing layer having openings therethrough comprising connection portions said first dimples penetrating at least some of said openings registering and interlocking said first dimple layer and said first reinforcing layer; and a second reinforcing layer having openings therethrough comprising connection portions, said second dimples penetrating at least some of said openings registering and interlocking said first dimple layer and said second reinforcing layer, the compliance of said dimple layer accommodating loading of the dimple panel to distribute stresses placed on interlocking of said dimple layer.
19. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein the first and second reinforcing layers are generally planar.
20. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein the first and second dimples have identical shapes.
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21. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein the reinforcing layers include connection portions in the form of openings therethrough receiving the dimples.
22. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein the periphery of the furthest extension of said first and second dimples generally define interlocking portions of said first and second dimples.
23. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein the first dimple layer, the first reinforcing layer and the second reinforcing layer are flexible enough to allow the dimple panel to be shaped into a nonplanar configuration as determined by the planar spacing adjustment.
24. The dimple panel of Claim 23, wherein at least one of the dimples includes a fastening portion thereon and the reinforcing layers includes a complimentary portion receiving the fastening portion wherein planar adjustments between a dimple layer and a reinforcing layer can be made.
25. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein at least one of the dimples has an opening therethrough and at least one of the reinforcing layers includes an extension extending through the opening.
26. The dimple panel of Claim 18, further comprising a biasing element located between the dimple layer and at least one of the reinforcing layers, the biasing element surrounding the at least one dimple and biasing the dimple layer away from the reinforcing layer.
27. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein the dimples vary in height, width, shape, spacing and/or size.
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28. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein at least one of the dimples is collapsible.
29. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein the at least one of reinforcing layers has at least one passage therethrough into the first or second cavity.
30. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein at least one of the dimples has a passage therethrough into the first or second cavity.
31. The dimple panel of Claim 30, wherein the portion of the dimple forming the passage is of a memory material which allows the size of the passage and/or the distance between the layers to be changed when the memory material undergoes a change in temperature.
32. The dimple panel of Claim 18, wherein the at least one of the first and second cavities provides passage for a liquid, solid or gaseous medium.
33. A multilayer dimple panel comprising: a first dimple layer and a second dimple layer, each of said dimple layers being compliant; and a reinforcing layer between said first and second dimple layers, said reinforcing layers having openings therethrough, the dimples of said first and second dimple layers penetrating said openings registering and interlocking said layers, the compliance of said first and second dimple layers accommodating loading of the dimple panel to distribute stresses placed on interlocking of said first and second dimple layers.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US08/713,519 | 1996-09-13 | ||
| US08/713,519 US6004652A (en) | 1996-09-13 | 1996-09-13 | Structural dimple panel |
Publications (3)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| WO1998010921A2 WO1998010921A2 (en) | 1998-03-19 |
| WO1998010921A3 WO1998010921A3 (en) | 1998-06-25 |
| WO1998010921B1 true WO1998010921B1 (en) | 1998-07-23 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| PCT/US1997/015674 Ceased WO1998010921A2 (en) | 1996-09-13 | 1997-09-08 | Structural dimple panel |
Country Status (2)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US6004652A (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1998010921A2 (en) |
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