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：US20190011034A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

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 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 ,  F16H57/04

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：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.