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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Eller, New Orleans, LA (US);
Darren Andrew Kearney, Slidell, LA (US);
Assignee:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/1903 (2013.01); E04B 2001/1927 (2013.01); E04B 2001/1969 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strut-and-node truss design that is applicable to all space frame structure designs can be made with using robotic (semi-autonomous and/or fully autonomous) or telerobotic assembly/joining. Nodes can include a 2-dimensional weld path in an effort to reduce the complexity of having to weld in 3-dimensions. Furthermore, each strut to node connection can be concentrated in a small area where each weld can be performed robotically from a fixed position that only requires the robotic weld head to swivel in a small operating window to reach each joint.