公开(公告)号：US11872689B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US15925640

申请日：2018-03-19

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Oussama Rawas ,  Roy Smith ,  Alex James Hamade ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar ,  Keith Allen Fleming ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli

IPC: B25J15/00 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F12/44

CPC classification number: B25J15/0033 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B22F12/44 ,  Y10S901/30

Abstract: One aspect is an apparatus including an additively manufactured component including a surface with an end effector feature, the end effector feature co-additively manufactured with the additively manufactured component and configured to be gripped by a corresponding end effector on a robot. In an aspect, the end effector feature includes a recess in the surface. In another aspect, the recess includes an angled face. In an aspect, the recess has a teardrop shape. An aspect further includes an identification feature. In an aspect, the end effector feature includes a plurality of recesses in the surface. In another aspect, the end effector feature enables a 3-point kinematic self-aligning positive control lock.

公开(公告)号：US11269311B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16046462

申请日：2018-07-26

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Alexander Pai-chung Teng ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  Steven Blair Massey, Jr.

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  C23C24/04 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and method for manufacturing a structure are disclosed. The structure includes a first portion, a second portion, and a structural joint. The apparatus is configured to receive instructions for printing the structural joint. The instructions are based on a data model of the structural joint. The apparatus is also configured to receive the first portion and the second portion, the first portion having a first conical tip and the second portion having a second conical tip. The apparatus is further configured to receive material. Additionally, the apparatus is configured to print the structural joint based on the instructions. The printing may include spray forming the material to produce the structural joint. The structural joint connects the first portion to the second portion.

公开(公告)号：US20210252803A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US16792124

申请日：2020-02-14

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： John Russell Bucknell ,  Broc William TenHouten ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga

IPC: B29C69/00 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C64/35 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B22F3/105 ,  B22F3/24 ,  B25J11/00

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3-D) printer and technique for integrating additive and non-print manufacturing operations is disclosed. In an aspect, the 3-D printer includes an energy source and a powder bed regions for selectively fusing layers of a build piece. The 3-D printer further includes a robotic arm. The 3-D printing is interrupted responsive to instructions from a controller, upon which the robotic arm may perform one or more non-printing operations using the build piece such as milling, casting, molding, pressing, and the like. Following the non-printing operations, the 3-D printing operation continues, and a resulting assembly including the build piece is produced.

公开(公告)号：US20190011034A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US15644719

申请日：2017-07-07

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Antonio Bernerd MARTINEZ ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  David Brian TenHouten ,  John Russell Bucknell ,  Broc William TenHouten ,  Chukwubuikem Mercel Okoli ,  Thomas Samuel Bowden, JR. ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar

IPC: F16H57/029 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B32B1/08 ,  B32B15/04 ,  B32B37/12 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B37/24 ,  B32B3/06 ,  B23K26/342 ,  F16H57/04

Abstract: Techniques for joining nodes and subcomponents are presented herein. An additively manufactured first node or subcomponent has a groove. An additively manufactured second node or subcomponent has a tongue configured to extend into and mate with the groove to form a tongue-and-groove connection between the first and second node or subcomponent. In some aspects, the tongue-groove connection may extend substantially around a periphery of the node or subcomponent. In other aspects, a first subcomponent having a fluid pipe interface may be coupled via a tongue-groove connection to a second subcomponent having a fluid pipe interface, thereby enabling fluid to flow between subcomponents of the resulting integrated component.

公开(公告)号：US11786971B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

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, Jr. ,  Narender Shankar Lakshman ,  William David Kreig ,  Jon Paul Gunner ,  David Brian TenHouten ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar

IPC: B22F3/105 ,  B22F7/08 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  B28B1/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G06F30/13 ,  B22F10/25 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22D23/06 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B22F10/30 ,  B22F10/66

CPC classification number: B22F7/08 ,  B22F3/105 ,  B22F10/25 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B28B1/001 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G06F30/13 ,  B22D23/06 ,  B22F10/30 ,  B22F10/66 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/02

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：US11174884B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16662666

申请日：2019-10-24

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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

IPC: F16B11/00 ,  B62D27/02 ,  B62D23/00 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US20210276088A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-09

申请号：US16812116

申请日：2020-03-06

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  William David Kreig ,  David Brian TenHouten

IPC: B22F3/105

Abstract: A node may be additively manufactured. The node may include a first surface and a second surface, and the second surface may bound a recess of the node. A structure may be inserted into the recess. A sealing member extend away from the second surface and contact the structure, such that a sealed space may be created between the node and the structure. An adhesive may be applied in the sealed space to at least partially attach the structure to the node. In an exemplary embodiment,

公开(公告)号：US20180345599A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15613036

申请日：2017-06-02

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： John Russell Bucknell ,  Kevin Robert Czinger ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Broc William TenHouten ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  David Brian TenHouten ,  Thomas Samuel Bowden, JR.

IPC: B29C67/00 ,  B29C65/54 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus including an additively manufactured node having a socket. The apparatus includes one or more locating features co-printed with the node. The one or more locating features are configured to locate an end portion of a component in the socket.

公开(公告)号：US12194536B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US16678625

申请日：2019-11-08

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Broc William TenHouten ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga

IPC: B22F12/00 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/322 ,  B22F12/70 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B22F10/77 ,  B22F12/45 ,  B22F12/49

Abstract: Aspects are provided relating to additive manufacturing. In one aspect, an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional (3D) structure is described that includes a build chamber having a top portion with windows through which radiative energy from one or more sources is provided to the build chamber to produce the 3D structure, and one or more manifolds disposed within the build chamber. The manifolds are configured to perform a gas exchange within the build chamber, and each manifold is positioned above a region where envelopes of radiative energy from the one or more sources overlap. In another aspect, the manifolds are moved to a first position adjacent to the top portion of the build chamber during a first mode of operation and moved to a second position away from the top portion of the build chamber during a second mode of operation.

公开(公告)号：US11433557B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16553017

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  Keith Allen Fleming ,  Matthew Cooper Keller ,  Lukas Philip Czinger ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  Michael Thomas Kenworthy ,  Matthew Coleman Tindall ,  Justin David Almeleh ,  Matthew Michael O'Brien ,  Broc William TenHouten ,  Oussama Rawas ,  Juan Cuauhtemoc Munoz ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar ,  Jamison Van Bruch ,  Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr. ,  Alex James Hamade

IPC: B25J15/10 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A buffer block apparatus for securing a node may be described. The buffer block apparatus may include a first surface having disposed thereon at least one first zero-point feature configured for a first zero-point interface with a robotic assembly apparatus; and a second surface, different from the first surface, configured to connect with a first surface of a node and form a first rigid connection between the buffer block apparatus and the node, wherein the buffer block apparatus provides at least one reference coordinate system with respect to the node.