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11.发明申请公开(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：US11613078B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-28
申请号：US15959036
申请日：2018-04-20
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Muhammad Faizan Zafar , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , William David Kreig , Roy Smith , David Brian TenHouten
IPC: B29C64/209 , B29C64/379 , B29C64/106 , B33Y80/00 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00
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.
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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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US10895315B2
公开(公告)日：2021-01-19
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 Marcel 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 , B22F3/105 , F16H57/02
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：US20190061835A1
公开(公告)日：2019-02-28
申请号：US15687409
申请日：2017-08-25
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Broc William TenHouten , Kevin Robert Czinger , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , Jon Paul Gunner , David Brian TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , John Russell Bucknell , Muhammad Faizan Zafar , Thomas Samuel Bowden , William Bradley Balzer , Stuart Paul Macey , Zachary Meyer Omohundro , Matthew Michael O'Brien
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for joining nodes, extrusions, and panels are presented herein. Nodes, extrusions, and panels can be joined together using adhesive joining techniques. The adhesive joining techniques can be applied to additively manufactured nodes or extrusions, and sandwich panels. Sandwich panels can be additively manufactured and/or commercial off the shelf (COTS) components. There can be more than one type of a joint formed by the joining techniques. Exemplary types of j oints can use a liquid adhesive in conjunction with a vacuum and/or a film foam adhesive.
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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：US11420262B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-23
申请号：US15885350
申请日：2018-01-31
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Narender Shankar Lakshman , Broc William TenHouten , Kevin Robert Czinger , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Jon Paul Gunner , Muhammad Faizan Zafar
IPC: B22D19/00 , B33Y80/00 , B22F12/00 , B32B15/01 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y10/00 , B22D19/04 , B22F10/10
Abstract: Systems and methods for co-casting of additively manufactured, high precision Interface Nodes are disclosed. The Interface Node includes an integrated structure including one or more complex or sophisticated features and functions. Co-casting of Interface Nodes by casting a part onto the Interface Node results in a hybrid structure comprising the cast part and the additively manufactured Interface Node. The interface node may include at least one of a node-to-tube connection, node-to-panel connection, or a node-to-extrusion connection. In an embodiment, engineered surfaces may be provided on the Interface Node to improve the blend between the Interface Node and the cast part during the co-casting process.
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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：US20200070365A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-05
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
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.
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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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