公开(公告)号：US12226824B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US17520582

申请日：2021-11-05

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Thomas Kenworthy

IPC: B22F12/30 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/73 ,  B22F12/52 ,  B22F12/57 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02

Abstract: Techniques for rapid powder removal in a 3-D printer are disclosed. In various embodiments, the 3-D printer has a build plate for supporting a build piece. The build plate includes first structures for supporting unfused powder on a top of the build plate when the first structures are in a closed configuration. The first structures can transition to an open configuration to expose paths for allowing the unfused powder to pass through the build plate, and a second structure for preventing the build piece from passing through the build plate when the first structures are in the open configuration. In various embodiments, the unfused powder can thereafter be replaced with cool powder to assist in forming a predictable microstructure that makes up the build piece.

公开(公告)号：US20250041976A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18922224

申请日：2024-10-29

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Lars Jacquemetton ,  Vivek R. Dave ,  Mark J. Cola ,  Glenn Wikle ,  R. Bruce Madigan

IPC: B23K31/12 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B33Y10/00

Abstract: This disclosure describes an additive manufacturing method that includes monitoring a temperature of a portion of a build plane during an additive manufacturing operation using a temperature sensor as a heat source passes through the portion of the build plane; detecting a peak temperature associated with one or more passes of the heat source through the portion of the build plane; determining a threshold temperature by reducing the peak temperature by a predetermined amount; identifying a time interval during which the monitored temperature exceeds the threshold temperature; identifying, using the time interval, a change in manufacturing conditions likely to result in a manufacturing defect; and changing a process parameter of the heat source in response to the change in manufacturing conditions.

公开(公告)号：US12203397B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US17178048

申请日：2021-02-17

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Yong-Bae Cho ,  John Russell Bucknell ,  Michael Vasile ,  Michael Bolton

IPC: F01N1/02 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B60R19/02 ,  B62D21/15 ,  F01N13/18 ,  G10K11/162 ,  G10K11/172

Abstract: Multifunction noise suppression and crash structures are disclosed. In one aspect of the disclosure, the multifunction structure includes a body, inlet and outlet pipes, and a plurality of walls within the body that bound resonator cells and that are configured to suppress exhaust noise passing through the resonator cells from the inlet to the outlet pipes. The structure may be positioned between crash rails at the rear of the vehicle and between the engine and bumper. The walls may be generally aligned with, or near, the predicted impact direction and they may crumple in a controlled manner during an impact. In various embodiments the structure is 3D printed to enable construction of a wide diversity of geometric topologies and to minimize mass.

公开(公告)号：US12152629B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US18159046

申请日：2023-01-24

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Marek Grabis

IPC: E21B17/046 ,  F16B7/18

Abstract: The present aspects include an adhesive and mechanically bonded adapter or node. The adapter or node comprises a connection member, including: an outer wall extending in a first direction from a first proximal end to a first distal end; an inner wall extending within the outer wall, in the first direction, from a second proximal end to a second distal end; and a base wall extending from an inner surface of the outer wall to an outer surface of the inner wall between the first proximal end and the second proximal end; and wherein the outer wall, the inner wall, and the base wall define a space having a distance between the outer wall and the inner wall that varies in the first direction, wherein the space is configured to fixedly position an end portion of a tube inserted into the space such that the end portion is fixed to the inner surface of the outer wall and the outer surface of the inner wall.

公开(公告)号：US20240383040A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-21

申请号：US18669455

申请日：2024-05-20

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Seyedalireza TORBATISARRAF ,  Michael Thomas Kenworthy ,  Chan Cheong Pun

IPC: B22F10/28 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02

Abstract: Systems and methods for multi modular ring mode fiber optic configuration, laser powder bed fusion, and fine process control during an additive manufacturing (AM) process. A multi-mode ring laser beam with a first power distributed in a first beam is generated, as a spot beam or a first ring beam, and a second power distributed in a second ring beam surrounding the first beam. The multi-mode ring laser beam is applied to one or more materials to transform the material(s) into an AM build piece. An AM method includes depositing a powder first material in a powder bed, exposing the powder first material to a second material, wherein an absorption coefficient of the second material is higher than an absorption coefficient of the first material at the wavelength, and applying a laser beam with a wavelength to the powder first material and the second material to generate a composite material. An AM method includes controlling an optical component to apply a laser beam to a region of material during an AM process, receiving sensor data regarding the region; determining a process characteristic of the region based on the sensor data, obtaining a comparison by comparing the process characteristic to a target characteristic, and modifying a variable corresponding to control of the optical component based on the comparison that modifies a printing output in accordance with a target output.

公开(公告)号：US12111638B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17342926

申请日：2021-06-09

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Robert Czinger ,  Michael Thomas Kenworthy ,  Lukas Philip Czinger ,  Jinbo Chen ,  Antonio Bernerd Martinez ,  Matthew Cooper Keller ,  Alex James Hamade

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41805 ,  G05B19/4183 ,  G05B19/4188 ,  G05B19/41885

Abstract: Adaptable manufacturing systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus for manufacturing a product in accordance with the present disclosure may include a design apparatus, an assembly apparatus, and a control apparatus, coupled to the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus receives input information from the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus. The control apparatus provides output information for altering at least one parameter used by at least one of the design apparatus and the assembly apparatus in the manufacture of the product.

公开(公告)号：US20240326158A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18601845

申请日：2024-03-11

Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： R. Bruce Madigan ,  Lars Jacquemetton ,  Glenn Wikle ,  Mark J. Cola ,  Vivek R. Dave ,  Darren Beckett ,  Alberto M. Castro

IPC: B23K26/03 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/31 ,  B22F12/90 ,  B23K15/00 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B23K26/70 ,  B23K31/12 ,  B23K101/00 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y50/02

CPC classification number: B23K26/032 ,  B22F12/90 ,  B23K15/0086 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B23K26/70 ,  B23K31/125 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/31 ,  B22F2203/11 ,  B23K2101/001

Abstract: This disclosure describes various methods and apparatus for characterizing an additive manufacturing process. A method for characterizing the additive manufacturing process can include generating scans of an energy source across a build plane; measuring an amount of energy radiated from the build plane during each of the scans using an optical sensor; determining an area of the build plane traversed during the scans; determining a thermal energy density for the area of the build plane traversed by the scans based upon the amount of energy radiated and the area of the build plane traversed by the scans; mapping the thermal energy density to one or more location of the build plane; determining that the thermal energy density is characterized by a density outside a range of density values; and thereafter, adjusting subsequent scans of the energy source across or proximate the one or more locations of the build plane.

公开(公告)号：US20240300172A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18597693

申请日：2024-03-06

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Thomas KENWORTHY ,  Seyedalireza Torbatisarraf

IPC: B29C64/20 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/31 ,  B22F12/80 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B33Y30/00

CPC classification number: B29C64/20 ,  B22F10/31 ,  B22F12/80 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B29C64/153

Abstract: The present aspects include an additive manufacturing (AM) system, comprising: a plurality of stations arranged proximate to one another. The plurality of stations includes at least: a first station and a second station; a first AM subsystem configured to dock at the first station and perform a first subsystem AM process; a second AM subsystem configured to dock at the second station and perform a second subsystem AM process; and a third AM subsystem configured to move between the first station and the second station. The AM system further includes a controller configured to control the third AM subsystem to perform an third subsystem AM process at the first station while the first AM subsystem is docked, to move the third AM subsystem from the first station to the second station, and to perform the third subsystem AM process at the second station while the second AM subsystem is docked.

公开(公告)号：US20240300053A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18601748

申请日：2024-03-11

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Thomas KENWORTHY ,  Seyedalireza Torbatisarraf

IPC: B23K26/342 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/36 ,  B22F10/50 ,  B23K37/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02

CPC classification number: B23K26/342 ,  B22F10/28 ,  B22F10/36 ,  B22F10/50 ,  B23K37/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for three-dimensional (3-D) printing a build piece in which a laser beam source generates a laser beam for melting a material at a build plate. Additionally, the systems and methods herein include a directed acoustic energy exciter (DAEE) configured to generate an acoustic energy. A controller can be configured to direct the laser beam at a first location to melt the material into a melt pool to form a portion of a build piece and configured to direct the DAEE to transmit the acoustic energy to the first location.

公开(公告)号：US20240227948A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18490550

申请日：2023-10-19

Applicant: Divergent Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Thomas KENWORTHY

IPC: B62D27/02 ,  B62D29/00

CPC classification number: B62D27/026 ,  B62D29/005 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A vehicle component and method of forming a vehicle component. The vehicle component includes an additively-manufactured (AM) structure with a first end and a second end opposing the first end. The AM structure includes a pathway from the first end to the second end and a non-AM structure that passes along the pathway from the first end to the second end. The non-AM structure and the AM structure are fixedly connected to one another at a connection.