Rocco Diverdi

Title: Rocco Diverdi and Hybrid Additive Manufacturing for Thrust Chambers.

Introduction

Rocco Diverdi is an inventor associated with Long Beach, California, and Relativity Space, Inc. His patent work concerns additively manufactured combustion chambers and manifold structures, including hybrid manufacturing approaches for producing complex components.

Latest Patents

Diverdi is associated with one patent: “Additively Manufactured Combustion Chambers, Manifold Structures and Hybrid Additive Processes Related Thereto.” The invention describes additively manufactured thrust chambers with integral fluid manifolds, along with hybrid additive manufacturing methods for producing them.

The patent discusses combining processes such as wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), powder bed fusion (PBF), cold spray, and directed energy deposition (DED). These methods can help create components that are large overall while incorporating smaller, precisely formed features. The described hybrid process layers can support varying feature sizes and distributions, and may use either multiple materials or a single material throughout the component.

Career Highlights

Diverdi’s listed patent reflects work on manufacturing methods for advanced thrust chamber structures. The approach aims to accommodate different dimensional requirements and design features within a single manufactured object.

Collaborations

Diverdi is associated with Relativity Space, Inc. His listed coworkers include Samuel James Tonneslan and Allan Huang.

Conclusion

Rocco Diverdi’s patent work focuses on hybrid additive manufacturing techniques for thrust chambers and integrated manifolds, combining manufacturing processes to address varied component sizes, features, and material requirements.