MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611009869 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, New Delhi, on Jan. 30, for 'a hybrid structural assembly.'
Inventor(s) include Banerjee, Arnab; and Kumar, Sundeep.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The disclosed structural assembly (100) includes a first rigid member (102), a second structural member (104), and at least one one pneumatic tension element (106). The second structural member (104) is arranged spaced apart from the first structural member (102). The pneumatic tension element is positioned between the first structural member (102) and the second structural member (104) such that upon inflation of the pneumatic tension element, the pneumatic tension element applies an internal pressure that maintains a separation distance between the first and second structural members (102, 104). Under an applied load, the first structural member (102) is configured to resist compressive forces and the second structural member (104) is configured to resist tensile forces, such that the separation distance between the first and second structural members (102, 104) provides a bending lever arm that increases stiffness and load-carrying efficiency of the hybrid structural assembly (100)."
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