Patent ID: 11867248
Assignee: CARBON, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 12:
13. A method for generating a lattice structure, comprising:
generating a first three-dimensional lattice comprising a first repeating interconnected array of a first lattice unit cell;
generating a second three-dimensional lattice comprising a first repeating interconnected array of a second lattice unit cell, wherein the second lattice unit cell is different from the first lattice unit cell; and
generating a transition segment interconnecting the first three-dimensional lattice and the second three-dimensional lattice, wherein the transition segment comprises a first three-dimensional transitional lattice comprising a second repeating array of the first lattice unit cell, and, interleaved with and interconnected to the first three-dimensional transitional lattice, a second three-dimensional transitional lattice comprising a second repeating array of the second lattice unit cell,
wherein:
the transition segment has a first portion connected to the first three-dimensional lattice and a second portion connected to the second three-dimensional lattice;
the first lattice unit cells of the first three-dimensional transitional lattice progressively contract in size from the first portion to the second portion; and
the second lattice unit cells of the second three-dimensional transitional lattice progressively expand in size from the first portion to the second portion.