公开(公告)号：US12090551B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17728476

申请日：2022-04-25

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Michael Thomas Kenworthy ,  Taylor Caitlin Doty ,  Bahram Issari ,  Narender Shankar Lakshman ,  Krzysztof Artysiewicz

IPC: B22F10/62 ,  B22F10/40 ,  B22F10/43 ,  B22F10/64 ,  B22F10/66 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B22F10/28

CPC classification number: B22F10/43 ,  B22F10/40 ,  B22F10/62 ,  B22F10/64 ,  B22F10/66 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B22F10/28

Abstract: Methods for removing support structures in additively manufactured parts are disclosed. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises inserting a demolition object in a first state into a hollow portion of a 3-D printed part, breaking a support structure within the hollow portion by contact with the demolition object, changing the demolition object into a second state while the demolition object is within the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part, and removing the demolition object from the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part.

公开(公告)号：US20220339707A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17728476

申请日：2022-04-25

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Michael Thomas Kenworthy ,  Taylor Caitlin Doty ,  Bahram Issari ,  Narender Shankar Lakshman ,  Krzysztof Artysiewicz

IPC: B22F10/43 ,  B22F10/62 ,  B22F10/66 ,  B22F10/64 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/20

Abstract: Methods for removing support structures in additively manufactured parts are disclosed. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises inserting a demolition object in a first state into a hollow portion of a 3-D printed part, breaking a support structure within the hollow portion by contact with the demolition object, changing the demolition object into a second state while the demolition object is within the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part, and removing the demolition object from the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part.

公开(公告)号：US20220334010A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17723253

申请日：2022-04-18

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： LUKAS PHILIP CZINGER ,  Matthew Cooper Keller ,  Bahram Issari

IPC: G01L1/22 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for using a structure as a sensor are disclosed. An apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises an additively-manufactured component comprising a channel, a sensor including an connection point, wherein the sensor is arranged in the channel, and an adhesive arranged in the channel, the adhesive coupling the additively-manufactured component to the sensor, such that the connection point is accessible external to the adhesive, the sensor being configured to provide a signal at the connection point, wherein the signal provides information of an applied force on the additively-manufactured component.