公开(公告)号：US11613078B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US15959036

申请日：2018-04-20

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  William David Kreig ,  Roy Smith ,  David Brian TenHouten

IPC: B29C64/209 ,  B29C64/379 ,  B29C64/106 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for additively manufacturing adhesive inlet and outlet ports are presented herein. Adhesive inlet and outlet ports are additively manufactured to include additively manufactured (AM) valves for reducing and/or eliminating sealant leakage and backflow. Robot end effectors are tailored to interface with the AM inlet and outlet ports and to provide an adhesive source and/or a vacuum source. AM inlet and outlet ports enable robust, lightweight, multi-material AM parts connected via adhesive joining.

公开(公告)号：US10895315B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

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 Marcel 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 ,  B22F3/105 ,  F16H57/02

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：US20190061835A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

申请号：US15687409

申请日：2017-08-25

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Broc William TenHouten ,  Kevin Robert Czinger ,  Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  Jon Paul Gunner ,  David Brian TenHouten ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  John Russell Bucknell ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar ,  Thomas Samuel Bowden ,  William Bradley Balzer ,  Stuart Paul Macey ,  Zachary Meyer Omohundro ,  Matthew Michael O'Brien

IPC: B62D27/02 ,  B62D25/02 ,  B62D65/06 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for joining nodes, extrusions, and panels are presented herein. Nodes, extrusions, and panels can be joined together using adhesive joining techniques. The adhesive joining techniques can be applied to additively manufactured nodes or extrusions, and sandwich panels. Sandwich panels can be additively manufactured and/or commercial off the shelf (COTS) components. There can be more than one type of a joint formed by the joining techniques. Exemplary types of j oints can use a liquid adhesive in conjunction with a vacuum and/or a film foam adhesive.

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210276088A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-09

申请号：US16812116

申请日：2020-03-06

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  William David Kreig ,  David Brian TenHouten

IPC: B22F3/105

Abstract: A node may be additively manufactured. The node may include a first surface and a second surface, and the second surface may bound a recess of the node. A structure may be inserted into the recess. A sealing member extend away from the second surface and contact the structure, such that a sealed space may be created between the node and the structure. An adhesive may be applied in the sealed space to at least partially attach the structure to the node. In an exemplary embodiment,

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.

IPC: B29C67/00 ,  B29C65/54 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US11806941B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US16999494

申请日：2020-08-21

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  David Brian TenHouten ,  Muhammad Faizan Zafar ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Lukas Philip Czinger

IPC: B29C65/78 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B29C65/48 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B29L31/30

CPC classification number: B29C65/7844 ,  B29C65/48 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B29L2031/30

Abstract: Part retention features are disclosed for securing additively manufactured (AM) parts or for securing an AM part with another component, such as a node, panel, tube, extrusion, and the like, while an adhesive is being applied and/or while the adhesive is undergoing expansion due to a subsequent curing process. The retention features described herein can be used in the context of one or more AM parts such that the elements used to house the retention features (e.g., grooves, apertures, elastic elements, etc.) can advantageously be co-printed with the AM part, thereby removing a manufacturing step. The retention features also can be made with flatter profiles than existing solutions, making the overall structure smaller and less cumbersome to assemble.

公开(公告)号：US11441586B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US15990522

申请日：2018-05-25

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  David Brian TenHouten ,  Eli Rogers ,  Kenneth James Goodstein

IPC: B33Y80/00 ,  F15D1/02

Abstract: An additively manufactured node is disclosed. A node is an additively manufactured (AM) structure that includes a feature, e.g., a socket, a receptacle, etc., for accepting another structure, e.g., a tube, a panel, etc. An additively manufactured node can include a surface with an opening to a feed channel through the node. A second surface of the node can include with a plurality of openings to an array of outlet channels. Each of the outlet channels can extend through the node and can connect to the feed channel. Tortuous paths can be used between channels created by the node surface and adjacent structures as well as node interior surfaces. These tortuous paths can be tuned to allow for optimal fluid flow processes.

公开(公告)号：US11413686B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16812116

申请日：2020-03-06

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Eahab Nagi El Naga ,  William David Kreig ,  David Brian TenHouten

IPC: B33Y80/00 ,  B22F10/00 ,  B22F10/10

Abstract: A node may be additively manufactured. The node may include a first surface and a second surface, and the second surface may bound a recess of the node. A structure may be inserted into the recess. A sealing member extend away from the second surface and contact the structure, such that a sealed space may be created between the node and the structure. An adhesive may be applied in the sealed space to at least partially attach the structure to the node.

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

IPC: F16B11/00 ,  F16B5/12

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.