Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing of a unibody vehicle
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Application No.: US14940926Application Date: 2015-11-13
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Publication No.: US10022912B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Hamid G. Kia , Ningjian Huang , John P. Spicer , Jorge F. Arinez
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B29C64/30 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29K233/04 ; B29K277/00 ; B29K307/02 ; B29K307/04 ; B29K309/02 ; B29K309/08 ; B29C70/54 ; B29C33/38 ; B29C70/30 ; B33Y80/00 ; B33Y40/00
Abstract:
Methods for manufacturing structures are provided. The methods include manufacturing a shell structure by additive manufacturing methods and sectioning panels with predetermined shapes from the shell structure. The panels are subsequently coupled to shell structure. Devices for performing various steps of the methods are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170136697A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A UNIBODY VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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