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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jon Paul Gunner, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Narender Shankar Lakshman, Torrance, CA (US);
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for 3-D printing a tooling shell for use in producing panels for a transport structure, such as an automobile, boat, aircraft, or other vehicle, or other mechanical structure, are disclosed. A 3-D printer may be used to produce a tooling shell containing Invar and/or some other material for use in molding the panels. A channel may be formed in a 3-D printed tooling shell for enabling resin infusion, vacuum generation or heat transfer. Alternatively, or in addition to, one or more hollow sections may be formed within the 3-D printed tooling shell for reducing a weight of the shell.