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公开(公告)号：US20210148449A1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-20
申请号：US17118402
申请日：2020-12-10
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 , F16H57/032 , B22F7/08
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.
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公开(公告)号：US11773956B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-03
申请号：US17118402
申请日：2020-12-10
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: B32B3/10 , F16H57/029 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y80/00 , B32B1/08 , B32B15/04 , B32B37/12 , B32B7/12 , B32B37/24 , B32B3/06 , B23K26/342 , F16H57/032 , B22F7/08 , F16H57/04 , F16H57/02 , B22F10/28
CPC classification number: F16H57/029 , B22F7/08 , B23K26/342 , B32B1/08 , B32B3/06 , B32B7/12 , B32B15/043 , B32B37/12 , B32B37/24 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y80/00 , F16H57/032 , B22F10/28 , B32B2597/00 , F16H57/0423 , F16H2057/02017
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20220339875A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-27
申请号：US17744381
申请日：2022-05-13
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 , B33Y40/00 , G05B19/418 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B29C70/20
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.
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公开(公告)号：US11214317B2
公开(公告)日：2022-01-04
申请号：US15961767
申请日：2018-04-24
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , David Brian TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Muhammad Faizan Zafar , William David Kreig , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten
Abstract: An additively manufactured node is disclosed. A node is an additively manufactured (AM) structure that includes a feature, e.g., a socket, a channel, etc., for accepting another structure, e.g., a tube, a panel, etc. The node can include a node surface of a receptacle extending into the node. The receptacle can receive a structure, and a seal interface on the node surface can seat a seal member between the node surface and the structure to create an adhesive region between the node and the structure, the adhesive region being bounded by the node surface, the structure, and the seal member. The node can also include two channels connecting an exterior surface of the node to the adhesive region. In this way, adhesive can be injected into the adhesive region between the node and the structure, and the adhesive can be contained by the seal member.
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公开(公告)号：US20190322055A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-24
申请号：US15961767
申请日：2018-04-24
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , David Brian TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Muhammad Faizan Zafar , William David Kreig , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten
Abstract: An additively manufactured node is disclosed. A node is an additively manufactured (AM) structure that includes a feature, e.g., a socket, a channel, etc., for accepting another structure, e.g., a tube, a panel, etc. The node can include a node surface of a receptacle extending into the node. The receptacle can receive a structure, and a seal interface on the node surface can seat a seal member between the node surface and the structure to create an adhesive region between the node and the structure, the adhesive region being bounded by the node surface, the structure, and the seal member. The node can also include two channels connecting an exterior surface of the node to the adhesive region. In this way, adhesive can be injected into the adhesive region between the node and the structure, and the adhesive can be contained by the seal member.
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公开(公告)号：US20190184465A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-20
申请号：US15841857
申请日：2017-12-14
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Bill David Kreig , David Brian TenHouten , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Narender Shankar Lakshman
CPC classification number: B22F5/106 , B29L2031/265 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for joining nodes to tubes with node to tube joints are presented herein. Joining techniques allow the connection of additively manufactured nodes to tubes. In an embodiment, at least one node may be joined to a tube and may be a part of a vehicle chassis. The node to tube joint connection incorporates adhesive bonding between the node to tube to realize the connection. Sealants may be used to provide sealed regions for adhesive injection, which are housed in sealing interfaces co-printed with the additively manufactured nodes. Additionally, seals may act as isolators and reduce galvanic corrosion.
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公开(公告)号：US11754107B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-12
申请号：US17378390
申请日：2021-07-16
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： William David Kreig , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , David Brian TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten
CPC classification number: F16B11/006 , F16B5/121 , Y10T403/47 , Y10T403/473
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.
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公开(公告)号：US11358337B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-14
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 , B33Y40/00 , G05B19/418 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B29C70/20 , B23P21/00 , 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.
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公开(公告)号：US20220055317A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-24
申请号：US16999494
申请日：2020-08-21
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , David Brian TenHouten , Muhammad Faizan Zafar , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Lukas Philip Czinger
Abstract: Part retention features are disclosed for securing additively manufactured (AM) parts or for securing an AM part with another component, such as a node, panel, tube, extrusion, and the like, while an adhesive is being applied and/or while the adhesive is undergoing expansion due to a subsequent curing process. The retention features described herein can be used in the context of one or more AM parts such that the elements used to house the retention features (e.g., grooves, apertures, elastic elements, etc.) can advantageously be co-printed with the AM part, thereby removing a manufacturing step. The retention features also can be made with flatter profiles than existing solutions, making the overall structure smaller and less cumbersome to assemble.
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公开(公告)号：US11110514B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-07
申请号：US15841857
申请日：2017-12-14
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： William David Kreig , David Brian TenHouten , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Narender Shankar Lakshman
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for joining nodes to tubes with node to tube joints are presented herein. Joining techniques allow the connection of additively manufactured nodes to tubes. In an embodiment, at least one node may be joined to a tube and may be a part of a vehicle chassis. The node to tube joint connection incorporates adhesive bonding between the node to tube to realize the connection. Sealants may be used to provide sealed regions for adhesive injection, which are housed in sealing interfaces co-printed with the additively manufactured nodes. Additionally, seals may act as isolators and reduce galvanic corrosion.
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