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Vehicle space frame, castings therefor and method for remote construction - Patent 4660345 (9323 words) |
 | A vehicle space frame as defined in claim 1 wherein said castings are cast by drawing molten metal into a cavity of a rigid, self supporting, gas permeable low temperature bonded, sand grain mold by a vacuum applied through said sand mold while said mold is partially submerged in said molten metal. |
| A vehicle space frame as defined in claim 18 wherein said casting is cast by drawing molten metal into a cavity of a rigid, self supporting, gas permeable low temperature bonded, sand grain mold by a vacuum applied through said sand mold while said mold is partially submerged in said molten metal. |
| A space frame as defined in claim 36 wherein said castings are cast by drawing molten metal into a cavity of a rigid, self supporting, gas permeable low temperature bonded, sand grain mold by a vacuum applied through said sand mold while said mold is partially submerged in said molten metal. |
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Space frame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (395 words) |
| A space frame is a truss-like, lightweight rigid structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern. |
| Space frames were independently developed by Buckminster Fuller in the 1950s and Alexander Graham Bell around 1900. |
| Space frames are an increasingly common architectural technique especially for large roof spans in modernist commercial and industrial buildings. |
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