US US20260232870A1
Described are 3D polycatenated architected materials, systems, and methods. The material comprises discrete unit particles mechanically interlocked to form a 3D network patterned after a crystalline topology. This structure provides a tunable dual mechanical response, transitioning from a fluid-like regime to a solid-like regime at a programmable “critical jamming strain.” Methods are disclosed for designing the material using a closed-loop digital twin, manufacturing the material via additive processes, and preconditioning the material. Methods and systems for actuating the material using mechanical, electrostatic, magnetic, thermal, or environmental triggers are also disclosed. Further disclosed are kits-of-parts for assembling the material, and end-user systems, such as impact protection systems, soft robotics, and medical implants, incorporating the material.
A document turning up in a search is not the same as a document that anticipates your claims. Our registered Patent Agents read the claims, not just the abstract, and tell you where you still have room.
Protect Your InventionBibliographic data via the European Patent Office's Open Patent Services (DOCDB) . Republished here for research and prior-art review. This page is not legal advice, and its presence in our index says nothing about the validity or enforceability of the document. For the Indian legal position (status, oppositions, renewals), see InPASS.