Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for joining node and tube structures
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Application No.: US15671894Application Date: 2017-08-08
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Publication No.: US10480555B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , John Russell Bucknell , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Eahab Nagi El Naga , William Bradley Balzer , Zachary Meyer Omohundro , Praveen Varma Penmetsa , Matthew Michael O'Brien , John Franklin Dunham
- Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Main IPC: F16B11/00
- IPC: F16B11/00 ; B62D21/02 ; B62D29/04 ; E04B1/19 ; B62D21/18

Abstract:
Connections between nodes and tubes are provided. An apparatus can include additively manufactured first and second nodes, a tube, and an interconnect connecting the tube to the first and second nodes. An apparatus can include a node having an end portion with inner and outer concentric portions forming an annular gap therebetween, and a tube having an end portion extending into the gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US10605285B2 Systems and methods for joining node and tube structures Public/Granted day:2020-03-31
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