US Patent Issued to CARBON on Oct. 21 for "Lofted lattice structures and methods of making the same" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,648, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CARBON INC. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Lofted lattice structures and methods of making the same" was invented by Austin M. Merlo (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additively manufactured lattice includes a plurality of symmetrically oriented repeating unit cells. Each of the unit cells is comprised of a vertically oriented tubular structure having a top edge and bottom edge, said tubular structure defined by a circumferential side wall extending from said top edge to said bottom edge. The side wall has a lower portion, an intermediate portion, and an upper portion, with the lowe...