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公开(公告)号：US11358337B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-14
申请号：US15604037
申请日：2017-05-24
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , David Charles O'Connell , Jon Paul Gunner , John Russell Bucknell , Alex James Hamade , David Brian TenHouten
IPC: B29C64/379 , B33Y40/00 , G05B19/418 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B29C70/20 , B23P21/00 , B29K105/06
Abstract: Techniques for flexible, on-site additive manufacturing of components or portions thereof for transport structures are disclosed. An automated assembly system for a transport structure may include a plurality of automated constructors to assemble the transport structure. In one aspect, the assembly system may span the full vertically integrated production process, from powder production to recycling. At least some of the automated constructors are able to move in an automated fashion between the station under the guidance of a control system. A first of the automated constructors may include a 3-D printer to print at least a portion of a component and to transfer the component to a second one of the automated constructors for installation during the assembly of the transport structure. The automated constructors may also be adapted to perform a variety of different tasks utilizing sensors for enabling machine-learning.
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2.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190391563A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-26
申请号：US16439615
申请日：2019-06-12
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Stuart Paul Macey , David Charles O'Connell , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , Narender Shankar Lakshman , Jon Paul Gunner , Antonio Bernerd Martinez
Abstract: A platform for building a plurality of vehicle types is disclosed. In an embodiment, a facility may include a processing system for designing a plurality of definition nodes for a vehicle and identifying a relative position for each definition node. Based on the design, the internal volume and other vehicle parameters can be determined. The facility includes a 3-D printer for additively manufacturing the definition nodes. In an embodiment, a plurality of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) parts are acquired and the definition nodes are designed to interface with the COTS parts. The facility may also include a station, or primary location where the major portions of the vehicle are assembled. In another embodiment, multiple such geographically-distributed facilities can be used, such that one facility can manufacture a desired vehicle type on behalf of another facility, e.g., in the event of an overflow.
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3.发明授权公开(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.
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公开(公告)号：US20230234129A1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-27
申请号：US17855396
申请日：2022-06-30
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
CPC classification number: B22F5/106 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y80/00 , F28F1/022 , B21D53/06 , F28D1/05333 , F28F2260/02
Abstract: Techniques for structurally integrated heat exchangers are presented herein. A heat exchanger in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a structure configured to enclose a volume for storing a first fluid, and to connect to a load. The heat exchanger further comprises a first and a second header first arranged in opposing inner walls of the structure. The heat exchanger further comprises one or more load-bearing struts extending to connect the first and second headers within the volume and configured to pass a second fluid through the volume for transferring heat to the first fluid, the second fluid configured to cool a different component in the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20210339802A1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-04
申请号：US17374702
申请日：2021-07-13
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Yong-Bae Cho , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Jon Paul Gunner , Alexander Pai-chung Teng , Broc William TenHouten , Narender Shankar Lakshman , Richard Winston Hoyle
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for additively manufactured structures with augmented energy absorption properties are presented herein. Three dimensional (3D) additive manufacturing structures may be constructed with spatially dependent features to create crash components. When used in the construction of a transport vehicle, the crash components with spatially dependent additively manufactured features may enhance and augment crash energy absorption. This in turn absorbs and re-distributes more crash energy away from the vehicle's occupant(s), thereby improving the occupants' safety.
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公开(公告)号：US20190232368A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-01
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
CPC classification number: B22F3/1055 , B22D19/00 , B22F2003/1056 , B32B15/01 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y80/00
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：US20180229401A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-16
申请号：US15430385
申请日：2017-02-10
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Jon Paul Gunner , Narender Shankar Lakshman
CPC classification number: B29C33/3842 , B22F3/008 , B22F3/1055 , B22F5/007 , B22F2003/1056 , B22F2003/247 , B22F2203/05 , B22F2999/00 , B29C64/00 , B29C70/48 , B29K2307/04 , B29K2905/12 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00 , C22C1/0433
Abstract: Techniques for 3-D printing a tooling shell for use in producing panels for a transport structure, such as an automobile, boat, aircraft, or other vehicle, or other mechanical structure, are disclosed. A 3-D printer may be used to produce a tooling shell containing Invar and/or some other material for use in molding the panels. A channel may be formed in a 3-D printed tooling shell for enabling resin infusion, vacuum generation or heat transfer. Alternatively, or in addition to, one or more hollow sections may be formed within the 3-D printed tooling shell for reducing a weight of the shell.
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公开(公告)号：US11548236B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-10
申请号：US17190153
申请日：2021-03-02
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Jon Paul Gunner
IPC: B33Y80/00 , B29C65/56 , B29C65/00 , B29C70/84 , B29C70/72 , B29C70/02 , B33Y10/00 , B29C70/34 , B29K105/08 , B29L31/30 , B29C64/153
Abstract: Techniques for providing universal interfaces between parts of a transport structure are disclosed. In one aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus for joining first and second parts of a transport structure includes an additively manufactured body having first and second surfaces. The first surface may connect to a first part such as, for example, a panel. The second surface may include a fitting for mating with a complementary fitting on a second part.
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公开(公告)号：US11247367B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-15
申请号：US16884808
申请日：2020-05-27
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Jon Paul Gunner , Narender Shankar Lakshman
IPC: B33Y10/00 , B29C33/38 , B29C70/48 , B22F5/00 , B29K105/08 , B29K307/04 , B29C70/40 , C22C49/14 , C22C1/04 , B22F10/20
Abstract: Techniques for producing panels such as for use in a vehicle, boat, aircraft or other transport structure or mechanical structure using a 3-D-printed tooling shell are disclosed. A 3-D printer may be used to produce a tooling shell containing Invar and/or some other material for use in molding the panels. A channel may be formed in a 3-D printed tooling shell for enabling resin infusion, vacuum generation or heat transfer. Alternatively, or in addition to, one or more hollow sections may be formed within the 3-D printed tooling shell for reducing a weight of the shell. The panel may be molded using the 3-D printed tooling shell.
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公开(公告)号：US10994876B2
公开(公告)日：2021-05-04
申请号：US16011583
申请日：2018-06-18
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Jon Paul Gunner , Alex James Hamade , Narender Shankar Lakshman , Stuart Paul Macey
Abstract: An automated wrapping technique for vehicle components is disclosed. A component to be wrapped is secured to a fixture, which in turn is coupled to an actuator. A grabber arm grabs a length of wrap from a feed roll. The grabber arm removes the backing and spreads the wrap over the component. The actuator pushes the component upward until the wrap contacts the component surface. An applicator may concurrently smooth the wrap and evacuate trapped air. The wrap may be cut around the periphery of the component, and hemmed. A controller provides instructions to automate the wrapping mechanism.
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