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- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for additively manufactured structures with augmented energy absorption properties
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Application No.: US16153238Application Date: 2018-10-05
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Publication No.: US11072371B2Publication Date: 2021-07-27
- Inventor: Yong-Bae Cho , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Jon Paul Gunner , Alexander Pai-chung Teng , Broc William TenHouten , Narender Shankar Lakshman , Richard Winston Hoyle
- 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: B60R19/18
- IPC: B60R19/18 ; B62D21/15 ; F16F7/00 ; B60R19/03 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; B29C45/14 ; B29C64/10 ; B29L31/30 ; B29K105/04
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for additively manufactured structures with augmented energy absorption properties are presented herein. Three dimensional (3D) additive manufacturing structures may be constructed with spatially dependent features to create crash components. When used in the construction of a transport vehicle, the crash components with spatially dependent additively manufactured features may enhance and augment crash energy absorption. This in turn absorbs and re-distributes more crash energy away from the vehicle's occupant(s), thereby improving the occupants' safety.
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