Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for joining nodes and other structures
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Application No.: US15961767Application Date: 2018-04-24
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Publication No.: US11214317B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli , David Brian TenHouten , Antonio Bernerd Martinez , Muhammad Faizan Zafar , William David Kreig , Kevin Robert Czinger , Broc William TenHouten
- Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Main IPC: B62D29/04
- IPC: B62D29/04 ; B29C65/54 ; B29C65/52 ; B62D27/02 ; B62D23/00 ; B29C65/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190322055A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NODES AND OTHER STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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