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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kevin R. Czinger, Greenwich, CT (US);
William Bradley Balzer, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Praveen Varma Penmetsa, Long Beach, CA (US);
Zachary Meyer Omohundro, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Matthew M. O'Brien, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A joint design to connect tubes for a space frame, where a space frame may be a vehicle chassis, is provided. The joint may connect carbon fiber tubes and may be designed with different shapes and configurations. The joint may include acceptor ports that may mate with a tube and simultaneously contact an inner surface and outer surface of the tube for a strong connection. The joint may also include centering features which may create a space between a surface of the tube and a surface of the joint through which adhesive may flow.