公开(公告)号：US12111638B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17342926

申请日：2021-06-09

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Robert Czinger ,  Michael Thomas Kenworthy ,  Lukas Philip Czinger ,  Jinbo Chen ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Matthew Cooper Keller ,  Alex James Hamade

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41805 ,  G05B19/4183 ,  G05B19/4188 ,  G05B19/41885

Abstract: Adaptable manufacturing systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus for manufacturing a product in accordance with the present disclosure may include a design apparatus, an assembly apparatus, and a control apparatus, coupled to the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus receives input information from the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus provides output information for altering at least one parameter used by at least one of the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus in the manufacture of the product.

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.

公开(公告)号：US11433557B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16553017

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  Keith Allen Fleming ,  Matthew Cooper Keller ,  Lukas Philip Czinger ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  Michael Thomas Kenworthy ,  Matthew Coleman Tindall ,  Justin David Almeleh ,  Matthew Michael O'Brien ,  Broc William TenHouten ,  Oussama Rawas ,  Juan Cuauhtemoc Munoz ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar ,  Jamison Van Bruch ,  Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr. ,  Alex James Hamade

IPC: B25J15/10 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A buffer block apparatus for securing a node may be described. The buffer block apparatus may include a first surface having disposed thereon at least one first zero-point feature configured for a first zero-point interface with a robotic assembly apparatus; and a second surface, different from the first surface, configured to connect with a first surface of a node and form a first rigid connection between the buffer block apparatus and the node, wherein the buffer block apparatus provides at least one reference coordinate system with respect to the node.

公开(公告)号：US11872626B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US17520543

申请日：2021-11-05

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel Noah Miller ,  Matthew Cooper Keller ,  Eric Paul Monteith ,  Thomas Samuel Bowden, Jr.

IPC: B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B22F10/40 ,  B22F10/28

CPC classification number: B22F10/40 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: Techniques for joining nodes and subcomponents are presented herein. An apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a 3-D printed first part having an interconnect co-printed with the first part such that the interconnect of the first part can float within the first part, and a 3-D printed second part having an interconnect co-printed with the second part such that the interconnect of the second part can float within the second part, wherein the interconnects of the first and second parts are configured to form a connection between the first and second parts.

公开(公告)号：US20200070365A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16553017

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  Keith Allen Fleming ,  Matthew Cooper Keller ,  Lukas Philip Czinger ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  Michael Thomas Kenworthy ,  Matthew Coleman Tindall ,  Justin David Almeleh ,  Matthew Michael O'Brien ,  Broc William TenHouten ,  Oussama Rawas ,  Juan Cuauhtemoc Munoz ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar ,  Jamison Van Bruch ,  Thomas Samuel Bowden, JR. ,  Alex James Hamade

IPC: B25J15/10 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A buffer block apparatus for securing a node may be described. The buffer block apparatus may include a first surface having disposed thereon at least one first zero-point feature configured for a first zero-point interface with a robotic assembly apparatus; and a second surface, different from the first surface, configured to connect with a first surface of a node and form a first rigid connection between the buffer block apparatus and the node, wherein the buffer block apparatus provides at least one reference coordinate system with respect to the node.