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公开(公告)号:US20180345599A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-06
申请号:US15613036
申请日:2017-06-02
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: John Russell Bucknell , Kevin Robert Czinger , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Broc William TenHouten , Eahab Nagi El Naga , David Brian TenHouten , Thomas Samuel Bowden, JR.
Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus including an additively manufactured node having a socket. The apparatus includes one or more locating features co-printed with the node. The one or more locating features are configured to locate an end portion of a component in the socket.
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公开(公告)号:US20220355569A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-10
申请号:US17583109
申请日:2022-01-24
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Broc William TENHOUTEN , Thomas Samuel Bowden, JR. , Jon Paul Gunner
Abstract: The disclosure relates to additively manufactured (AM) composite structures such as panels for use in transport structures or other mechanized assemblies. An AM core may be optimized for an intended application of a panel. In various embodiments, one or more values such as strength, stiffness, density, energy absorption, ductility, etc. may be optimized in a single AM core to vary across the AM core in one or more directions for supporting expected load conditions. In an embodiment, the expected load conditions may include forces applied to the AM core or corresponding panel from different directions in up to three dimensions. Where the structure is a panel, face sheets may be affixed to respective sides of the core. The AM core may be a custom honeycomb structure. In other embodiments, the face sheets may have custom 3-D profiles formed traditionally or through additive manufacturing to enable structural panels with complex profiles. The AM core may include a protrusion to provide fixturing features to enable external connections. In other embodiments, inserts, fasteners, or internal channels may be co-printed with the core. In still other embodiments, the AM core may be used in a composite structure such as, for example a rotor blade or a vehicle component.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US20200147684A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-14
申请号:US16184801
申请日:2018-11-08
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Abstract: Systems and methods for adhesive-based part retention features in additively manufactured structures are disclosed. A structure includes a first AM part configured to connect to a second part via a primary connection applied to an interface between the first AM part and the second part. The structure includes at least one retention element including a secondary connection. The secondary connection includes a first adhesive configured to secure the first AM part and the second part. The secondary connection may be located to provide a connection between the first AM part and the second part.
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公开(公告)号:US20230158675A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-25
申请号:US17814441
申请日:2022-07-22
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Lukas Philip Czinger , Oussama Rawas , Thomas Samuel Bowden, JR. , Roy Smith
IPC: B25J9/16 , G05B19/042 , B22F12/90 , B22F10/31
CPC classification number: B25J9/1682 , G05B19/042 , B25J9/1628 , B22F12/90 , B22F10/31 , G05B2219/31305 , B22F10/25
Abstract: An approach to positioning one or more robotic arms in an assembly system may be described herein. For example, a system for robotic assembly may include a first robot, a second robot, and a control unit. The control unit may be configured to receive a first target location proximal to a second target location. The locations may indicate where the robots are to position the features. The control unit may be configured to calculate a first calculated location of the first feature of the first subcomponent, measure a first measured location of the first feature of the first subcomponent, determine a first transformation matrix between the first calculated location and the first measured location, reposition the first feature of the first subcomponent to the first target location using the first robot, the repositioning based on the first transformation matrix.
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公开(公告)号:US20200079028A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-12
申请号:US16568188
申请日:2019-09-11
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Samuel Noah Miller , Michael Thomas Kenworthy , Eric Paul Monteith , Thomas Samuel Bowden, JR.
IPC: B29C64/40 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/205 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/255 , B29C64/329
Abstract: 3-D build jobs having surrogate supports, 3-D printers using surrogate supports, and techniques to support vulnerable regions of build pieces using surrogate supports are disclosed. The surrogate supports are generated in a first material configuration and are offset via a gap from the vulnerable regions. The gap comprises a second material configuration, such as loose or partially fused powder on which the build piece can be supported during 3-D printing. In alternative embodiments, the gap instead includes thin manual ties or a solid body using material that is stronger but more amenable to breaking off without damaging the build piece. Post-processing steps are dramatically reduced as the surrogate supports and gaps facilitate virtually error-free separation from the build piece. In an embodiment, the surrogate supports include a support structure extending to a fixed base underneath, the fixed base being a build plate or a global surrogate.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US20240424573A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-26
申请号:US18830311
申请日:2024-09-10
Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Abstract: Systems and methods for adhesive-based part retention features in additively manufactured structures are disclosed. A structure includes a first AM part configured to connect to a second part via a primary connection applied to an interface between the first AM part and the second part. The structure includes at least one retention element including a secondary connection. The secondary connection includes a first adhesive configured to secure the first AM part and the second part. The secondary connection may be located to provide a connection between the first AM part and the second part.
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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
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20190337245A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-07
申请号:US15968510
申请日:2018-05-01
Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Thomas Samuel Bowden, JR. , Jon Paul Gunner , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Ian Hawthorn Ashdown
Abstract: A system and method is provided for manufacturing a composite structure. In an exemplary aspect, the system includes multiple flexible tooling plates that are interlocked to each other to form a tooling surface for forming a composite structure to be manufactured. Moreover, the system includes an actuator array connected to the flexible plates and that can move the flexible plates relative to each other to adjust a contour of the tooling surface to correspond to a design contour of the composite structure to be manufactured.
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