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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.
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公开(公告)号:US20190030605A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-31
申请号:US15659601
申请日:2017-07-25
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Broc William TenHOUTEN , Kevin Robert Czinger , Stuart Paul Macey , David Charles O'Connell , Jon Paul Gunner , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Narender Shankar Lakshman
IPC: B22F3/115 , B28B1/00 , B22F3/00 , B62D27/02 , B62D31/02 , B62D65/02 , G06F17/50 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/124
Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to additively manufactured vehicle exterior structures, designed to enclose the vehicle surface and support required operational loads. The vehicle structure includes cavities into which components that require an external interface are inserted. A plurality of components are assembled and integrated into the vehicle structure. The structure may be 3-D printed using multiple printing techniques applied in parallel or in series. In an embodiment, the components and structure are modular, use multiple materials and manufacturing techniques, and enable reparability and replacement of single parts.
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公开(公告)号:US10173255B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-08
申请号:US15619326
申请日:2017-06-09
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Broc William TenHouten , Eahab Nagi El Naga , Richard Winston Hoyle , Kevin Robert Czinger
Abstract: A metal extrusion and nodes based structure is provided. The structure comprises one or more arc members connected by one or more node members, wherein the arc comprises (i) a wing feature which is configured to mate with one or more non-structural components, (ii) an internal passage feature which is configured to be inserted into a connecting feature of the corresponding node member, and (iii) one or more keying features formed from a mating interface with the corresponding node member.
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公开(公告)号:US12111638B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17342926
申请日:2021-06-09
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , Michael Thomas Kenworthy , Lukas Philip Czinger , Jinbo Chen , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Matthew Cooper Keller , Alex James Hamade
IPC: G05B19/418
CPC classification number: G05B19/41805 , G05B19/4183 , G05B19/4188 , G05B19/41885
Abstract: Adaptable manufacturing systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus for manufacturing a product in accordance with the present disclosure may include a design apparatus, an assembly apparatus, and a control apparatus, coupled to the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus receives input information from the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus provides output information for altering at least one parameter used by at least one of the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus in the manufacture of the product.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US20230234129A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-27
申请号:US17855396
申请日:2022-06-30
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
CPC classification number: B22F5/106 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y80/00 , F28F1/022 , B21D53/06 , F28D1/05333 , F28F2260/02
Abstract: Techniques for structurally integrated heat exchangers are presented herein. A heat exchanger in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a structure configured to enclose a volume for storing a first fluid, and to connect to a load. The heat exchanger further comprises a first and a second header first arranged in opposing inner walls of the structure. The heat exchanger further comprises one or more load-bearing struts extending to connect the first and second headers within the volume and configured to pass a second fluid through the volume for transferring heat to the first fluid, the second fluid configured to cool a different component in the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号:US20220223048A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17574513
申请日:2022-01-12
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , John Russell Bucknell , Jinbo Chen , Gregory S. Weaver
Abstract: A virtual railroad of vehicles is disclosed. In one aspect of the disclosure, a system includes one or more passenger vehicles of a peloton, and a first engine vehicle of the peloton. The first engine vehicle communicatively connected to the one or more passenger vehicles, wherein the first engine vehicle comprises: a processor communicatively connected to a memory and is configured to receive status information of the one or more passenger vehicles, determine, based on the received status information, a set of current values for a set of vehicle attributes for each of the one or more passenger vehicles, and adjust, based on the set of current values for the set of vehicle attributes, a position of a corresponding passenger vehicle of the one or more passenger vehicles.
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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
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20210261197A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-26
申请号:US17176457
申请日:2021-02-16
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , William Bradley Balzer , Praveen Varma Penmetsa , Zachary Meyer Omohundro , Matthew Michael O'Brien , Broc William TenHouten , Richard Winston Hoyle
IPC: B62D21/17 , B22F5/10 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y80/00 , B62D29/04 , B62D27/02 , B62D23/00 , B62D29/00 , B22F7/08 , B22F10/20 , B22F10/00
Abstract: A vehicle chassis is provided. The vehicle chassis may comprise one or more vehicle chassis modules or chassis substructures that are formed from a plurality of customized chassis nodes and connecting tubes. The customized chassis nodes and connecting tubes may be formed of one or more metal and/or non-metal materials. The customized chassis nodes may be formed with connecting features to which additional vehicle panels or structures may be permanently or removeably attached. The vehicle chassis modules or chassis substructures may be interchangeably and removeably connected to provide a vehicle chassis having a set of predetermined chassis safety or performance characteristics.
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公开(公告)号:USD911222S1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-23
申请号:US29671049
申请日:2018-11-21
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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