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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2018
Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Oussama Rawas, Allen, TX (US);
Roy Smith, Escondido, CA (US);
Alex James Hamade, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Muhammad Faizan Zafar, Long Beach, CA (US);
Keith Allen Fleming, Torrance, CA (US);
Eahab Nagi El Naga, Topanga, CA (US);
Antonio Bernerd Martinez, El Segundo, CA (US);
Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, Los Angeles, CA (US);
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
One aspect is an apparatus including an additively manufactured component including a surface with an end effector feature, the end effector feature co-additively manufactured with the additively manufactured component and configured to be gripped by a corresponding end effector on a robot. In an aspect, the end effector feature includes a recess in the surface. In another aspect, the recess includes an angled face. In an aspect, the recess has a teardrop shape. An aspect further includes an identification feature. In an aspect, the end effector feature includes a plurality of recesses in the surface. In another aspect, the end effector feature enables a 3-point kinematic self-aligning positive control lock.