Systems, devices, and methods for large area micro mechanical systems
View Patent ↗Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a first isogrid defining a first plurality of zones, each zone from said first plurality of zones comprising a plurality of ligaments, each zone from said first plurality of zones defining a plurality of spaces, each space bounded by a first sub-plurality of ligaments from said plurality of ligaments, each of said ligaments comprising a plurality of ligament surfaces.
1. A device comprising:
a cast component, said cast component comprising a plurality of component surfaces, a predetermined component surface from said plurality of component surfaces comprising a plurality of 3-dimensional micro-features that substantially spatially invertedly replicate a mold surface formed by a plurality of layers of a metallic foil stack lamination parent mold, said plurality of 3-dimensional micro-features comprising at least one protruding undercut, said plurality of component surfaces defining a periphery of a layer-less volume, said predetermined component surface comprising a predetermined composition of matter.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a static mixer component.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a heater component.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component comprises a plurality of fins.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a thin-walled tubular heat exchanger component.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a Peltier effect heat exchanger component.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a Seebeck effect heat exchanger component.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a Joule effect heat exchanger component.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a fuel cell component.
10. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a turbomachine component.
11. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a multiple-aperture electrode component.
12. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a propulsion component.
13. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as an ion thruster component.
14. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as an ion beam grid component.
15. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as an actuator component.
16. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as an attenuator component.
17. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as an orientation detector component.
18. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a displacement detector component.
19. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a motion detector component.
20. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a mirror component.
21. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a grating light valve component.
22. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a fuse component.
23. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
said cast component is adapted to function as a signal detector collimator component.