公开(公告)号：US11884025B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

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 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B22F3/24 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B22F10/00 ,  B22F10/10

CPC classification number: B29C69/001 ,  B22F3/24 ,  B22F10/00 ,  B25J11/0055 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C64/35 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B22F10/10 ,  B22F2003/247

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：US11584094B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US17027580

申请日：2020-09-21

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Richard Winston Hoyle ,  Broc William TenHouten ,  Narender Shankar Lakshman

IPC: B29C70/34 ,  B29C70/06 ,  B29C64/10 ,  B29C64/118 ,  B29C70/30 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C70/84 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29K709/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B29L31/30 ,  B29K9/06 ,  B29K507/04 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: Techniques for inlaying a composite material within a tooling shell are disclosed. In one aspect, an additively manufactured tooling shell is provided, into which a composite material is inlaid and cured. A surface of the tooling shell is provided with indentations or another mechanism to enable adherence between the composite material and the tooling shell. The resulting integrated structure is used as a component in a transport structure.

公开(公告)号：US11085473B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US15853301

申请日：2017-12-22

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： William David Kreig ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  David Brian TenHouten ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Kevin Robert Czinger ,  Broc William TenHouten

IPC: F16B11/00 ,  F16B5/12

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210229361A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US16774982

申请日：2020-01-28

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Broc William TenHouten ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga

IPC: B29C64/35 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C64/214 ,  B29C64/264 ,  B29C64/364 ,  B29C64/255

Abstract: Techniques for cleaning a print chamber using a gas exchange structure and a re-coater are introduced. The gas exchange structure is coupled to the coater, and the two move in a same direction to benefit from the gas flow. In an embodiment, the gas exchange structure includes a manifold. Further, in an embodiment, a travelling wall may be coupled to a longitudinal axis of the re-coater in order to keep separate the clean chamber from the dirty chamber. The result is that gas contaminants caused largely by the fusion and melting processes are removed from the powder bed and chamber at each cycle, and the resulting 3-D produced component maintains a very high quality for a long period of time.

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.

公开(公告)号：US10940609B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US15659607

申请日：2017-07-25

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Kevin Robert Czinger ,  Broc William TenHouten ,  Stuart Paul Macey ,  David Charles O'Connell ,  Jon Paul Gunner ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Narender Shankar Lakshman

IPC: B62D65/02 ,  B62D25/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B21B1/00 ,  B28B1/00 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B23K26/38 ,  B23K26/40 ,  B23K26/00 ,  B22F3/105 ,  B22F5/10 ,  G06F30/15 ,  B29C64/124 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B22F3/00 ,  B62D27/02 ,  B23K101/28 ,  B23K103/10 ,  B29C64/10 ,  B23K103/08 ,  B23K103/14 ,  B23K103/04 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B23K26/21 ,  B23K101/00 ,  B22F3/115

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an additively manufactured transport structure. The transport structure includes cavities into which components that use an external interface are inserted. A plurality of components are assembled and integrated into the vehicle. In an embodiment, the components and frame are modular, enabling reparability and replacement of single parts in the event of isolated failures.

公开(公告)号：US20200147690A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16678625

申请日：2019-11-08

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Broc William TenHouten ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga

IPC: B22F3/105 ,  B33Y30/00

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：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

IPC: B62D25/04 ,  B21D47/01 ,  B21D53/88 ,  B21D7/12 ,  B21D9/05 ,  B21C23/14

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.

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.