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公开(公告)号：US11754107B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-12
申请号：US17378390
申请日：2021-07-16
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： William David Kreig , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , David Brian TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten
CPC classification number: F16B11/006 , F16B5/121 , Y10T403/47 , Y10T403/473
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.
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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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公开(公告)号：US11110514B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-07
申请号：US15841857
申请日：2017-12-14
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： William David Kreig , David Brian TenHouten , Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Narender Shankar Lakshman
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for joining nodes to tubes with node to tube joints are presented herein. Joining techniques allow the connection of additively manufactured nodes to tubes. In an embodiment, at least one node may be joined to a tube and may be a part of a vehicle chassis. The node to tube joint connection incorporates adhesive bonding between the node to tube to realize the connection. Sealants may be used to provide sealed regions for adhesive injection, which are housed in sealing interfaces co-printed with the additively manufactured nodes. Additionally, seals may act as isolators and reduce galvanic corrosion.
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4.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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公开(公告)号：US10303159B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
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: G05B19/00 , B33Y50/00 , G05B19/4099 , B33Y50/02 , B22F3/105
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：US20240035530A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-01
申请号：US18360716
申请日：2023-07-27
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Marco PAGNI , Claudio Alberto Caprarella , Kevin Robert Czinger , William David Kreig , Ewan John Cooper bALDRY
IPC: F16D65/095 , F16D66/02 , F16D66/00
CPC classification number: F16D65/095 , F16D66/021 , F16D2066/003 , F16D2066/001 , F16D2066/005
Abstract: Aspects are provided herein for vehicle structures. The vehicle structures can include a caliper portion configured to apply a braking force, the caliper portion including an inner housing, an outer housing, and a bridge portion, wherein the bridge portion connects the inner housing and the outer housing. In various embodiments, the outer housing can include an inner surface configured to face a rotor, in which the inner surface includes a sweep area configured to allow the rotor to tilt during installation and removal of the rotor. The vehicle structures can further include an upright portion configured to couple to a wheel of a vehicle, the upright portion being connected to the inner housing. Further, the vehicle structure can include a stiffening portion that connects the upright portion to at least the bridge portion or the outer housing. In various embodiments, the vehicle structures can be 3D-printed.
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公开(公告)号：US20220194488A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-23
申请号：US17540151
申请日：2021-12-01
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：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
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.
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9.发明授权公开(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.
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10.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10668965B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-02
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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