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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David Brian TenHouten, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Antonio Bernerd Martinez, El Segundo, CA (US);
Muhammad Faizan Zafar, Long Beach, CA (US);
William David Kreig, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Kevin Robert Czinger, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Broc William TenHouten, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US);
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.