公开(公告)号：US20190196447A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US15853301

申请日：2017-12-22

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Bill David KREIG ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel OKOLI ,  David Brian TenHOUTEN ,  Antonio Bernerd MARTINEZ ,  Kevin Robert CZINGER ,  Broc William TenHOUTEN

IPC: G05B19/4099 ,  B22F3/105 ,  B22F5/10

CPC classification number: G05B19/4099 ,  B22F3/1055 ,  B22F5/10 ,  B22F2003/1057 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B62D21/17 ,  B62D27/023 ,  G05B2219/49023

Abstract: A node to panel interface structure for use in a transport structure such as a vehicle is disclosed. In an aspect, the node includes a base, first and second sides protruding from the base to form a recess for receiving a panel, ports for adhesive injection and/or vacuum generation, one or more adhesive regions disposed on a surface of each side adjacent the panel, and at least one channel coupled between the first and second ports and configured to fill the adhesive regions with an adhesive, the adhesive being cured to form a node-panel interface. The node may be additively manufactured. In an exemplary embodiment, the node may use sealant features for including sealants that border and define the adhesive regions, and that may hermetically seal the region before and after adhesive injection. In another embodiment, the node may include isolation features for including isolators for inhibiting galvanic corrosion. In another aspect, adhesive may be filled serially on the adhesive regions on the first side and then on the adhesive regions on the second side. Adhesive may alternatively may be filled in parallel, or concurrently, on the adhesive regions of both sides.

公开(公告)号：US20190277402A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US15919129

申请日：2018-03-12

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： William David KREIG ,  Eahab Nagi EL NAGA ,  Chukwubulkem Marcel OKOLI ,  David Brian TenHOUTEN ,  Steven Blair MASSEY, JR.

IPC: F16J15/328 ,  B29C64/10 ,  B29C65/54

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for additively manufactured O-ring grooves are presented herein. An O-ring groove is additively manufactured to have a vertical face, bottom face, and an opposite face. By additively manufacturing the opposite face to be outwardly facing with an obtuse angle, the O-ring groove can be built without the need for support structures, thereby reducing post processing steps and manufacturing cost.

公开(公告)号：US20190146456A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US15809913

申请日：2017-11-10

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Robert Czinger ,  Broc William TenHOUTEN ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Steven Blair Massey ,  Narender Shankar Lakshman ,  Bill David Kreig ,  Jon Paul Gunner ,  David Brian TenHOUTEN ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar

IPC: G05B19/4099 ,  G06F17/50 ,  B28B1/00 ,  B22F3/105

Abstract: A high precision Interface Node is disclosed. The Interface Node includes an integrated structure including one or more complex or sophisticated features and functions. The Interface Node may connect with another component or a Linking Node. The Interface Node is manufactured to achieve high precision functionality while enabling volume production. Current additive manufacturing technologies allow for the printing of high precision features to be manufactured, but generally this is performed at a slower rate. Consequently, in one aspect, the size of the Interface Nodes is reduced in order to overcome at least part of the slower production volume caused by creating the high precision Interface Nodes. The components and Linking Nodes to which the Interface Node is connected may only have basic features and functions. Accordingly, this latter category of components may use a high print rate and thus high production volume. In other embodiments, these low precision components may also be produced using a non-print manufacturing technology, such as casting, forging, etc., that may provide the requisite high throughput, or to high precision machined parts that lack the geometric flexibility of the Interface Node. In an embodiment, the Interface Nodes may be connected to other components via a Linking Node.

公开(公告)号：US20190322040A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

申请号：US15959036

申请日：2018-04-20

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Antonio Bernerd Martinez, JR. ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  William David Kreig ,  Roy Smith ,  David Brian TenHOUTEN

IPC: B29C64/209 ,  B29C64/379 ,  B29C64/106

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for additively manufacturing adhesive inlet and outlet ports are presented herein. Adhesive inlet and outlet ports are additively manufactured to include additively manufactured (AM) valves for reducing and/or eliminating sealant leakage and backflow. Robot end effectors are tailored to interface with the AM inlet and outlet ports and to provide an adhesive source and/or a vacuum source. AM inlet and outlet ports enable robust, lightweight, multi-material AM parts connected via adhesive joining.

公开(公告)号：US20180339456A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-29

申请号：US15604037

申请日：2017-05-24

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Kevin Robert CZINGER ,  Broc William TenHOUTEN ,  David Charles O'CONNELL ,  Jon Paul GUNNER ,  John Russell BUCKNELL ,  Alex James HAMADE ,  David Brian TenHOUTEN

IPC: B29C64/379 ,  B29C70/20 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B29K105/06

Abstract: Techniques for flexible, on-site additive manufacturing of components or portions thereof for transport structures are disclosed. An automated assembly system for a transport structure may include a plurality of automated constructors to assemble the transport structure. In one aspect, the assembly system may span the full vertically integrated production process, from powder production to recycling. At least some of the automated constructors are able to move in an automated fashion between the station under the guidance of a control system. A first of the automated constructors may include a 3-D printer to print at least a portion of a component and to transfer the component to a second one of the automated constructors for installation during the assembly of the transport structure. The automated constructors may also be adapted to perform a variety of different tasks utilizing sensors for enabling machine-learning.