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公开(公告)号:US20180037282A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-08
申请号:US15716217
申请日:2017-09-26
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , William Bradley Balzer , Praveen Varma Penmetsa , Zachary Meyer Omohundro , Matthew M. O'Brien
Abstract: A joint design to connect tubes for a space frame, where a space frame may be a vehicle chassis, is provided. The joint may connect carbon fiber tubes and may be designed with different shapes and configurations. The joint may include acceptor ports that may mate with a tube and simultaneously contact an inner surface and outer surface of the tube for a strong connection. The joint may also include centering features which may create a space between a surface of the tube and a surface of the joint through which adhesive may flow.
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公开(公告)号:US20170343984A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-30
申请号:US15604624
申请日:2017-05-24
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , Richard W. Hoyle , Donald J. Christian , Stuart Paul Macey , Antonio Bernerd Martinez
IPC: G05B19/4099 , B33Y50/02 , B22F3/105
CPC classification number: G05B19/4099 , B22F3/1055 , B22F2003/1057 , B33Y50/00 , B33Y50/02 , G05B2219/49023 , Y02P10/295
Abstract: Systems and methods for additive manufacturing of vehicles are provided. An additive manufacturing apparatus can include a printer that additively manufactures structures for a vehicle, and multiple analysis components. Each analysis component can receive information based on a design model of the vehicle and analyze the information based on an analysis factor. Each analysis component analyzes the information based on a different analysis factor. An integrator can receives the analyzed information from the analysis components, update the design model based on the analyzed information, and determine whether the updated design model satisfies criteria. If the updated design model satisfies the criteria, the integrator determines printing instructions for the printer to print one or more structures of the vehicle based on the updated design model, and if the updated design model does not satisfy the criteria, the integrator sends information based on the updated design model to the analysis components.
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公开(公告)号:US11928966B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
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
CPC classification number: G08G1/20 , B60W30/12 , B60W30/162 , B60W30/165 , G08G1/167 , H04L12/40 , H04W4/44 , B60W2556/65 , H04L2012/40273
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:USD983090S1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US29767671
申请日:2021-01-25
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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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:US11192168B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-07
申请号:US16162307
申请日:2018-10-16
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Broc William TenHouten , Eahab Nagi El Naga , Richard Winston Hoyle , Kevin Robert Czinger
IPC: B21D47/01 , B21D9/05 , B21C23/14 , B21D7/12 , B62D23/00 , B62D25/00 , B62D27/02 , B21D53/88 , B62D25/04
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:US20210129448A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-06
申请号:US17150226
申请日:2021-01-15
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , John Russell Bucknell , Eahab Nagi El Naga , Antonio Bernerd Martinez
Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus including an additively manufactured node. The apparatus includes an additively manufactured interconnect co-printed with the node. The interconnect is configured to connect the node to a component.
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公开(公告)号:US10919230B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US15619379
申请日:2017-06-09
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , John Russell Bucknell , Eahab Nagi El Naga , Antonio Bernerd Martinez
Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus including an additively manufactured node. The apparatus includes an additively manufactured interconnect co-printed with the node. The interconnect is configured to connect the node to a component.
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公开(公告)号:US10751800B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
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: B22F3/15 , B22F3/00 , B62D27/02 , B62D31/02 , B62D65/02 , G06F17/50 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/124 , B22F3/115 , B23K26/00 , B23K26/342 , B23K26/08 , B23K26/144 , B23K26/14 , G06F30/15 , B28B1/00 , B33Y50/00 , B33Y80/00 , B22F3/105 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B23K26/21 , B23K101/00
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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