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.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NODES AND OTHER STRUCTURES
SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERBINDUNG VON KNOTEN UND ANDEREN STRUKTUREN
SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DE JONCTION DE NOEUDS ET D'AUTRES STRUCTURES
2022-01-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B33Y ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING , Additive (generative) Fertigung, d. h. die Herstellung von dreidimensionalen [3D] Bauteilen durch additive Abscheidung, additive Agglomeration oder additive Schichtung, z. B. durch 3D- Drucken, Stereolithografie oder selektives Lasersintern / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / C09J ADHESIVES , Klebstoffe / F16B DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES , Vorrichtungen zum Befestigen oder Sichern von Konstruktionselementen oder Maschinenteilen, z.B. Nägel, Bolzen, Schrauben, Sprengringe, Klemmen, Klammern oder Keile |
Systems and methods for joining nodes and other structures
European Patent Office | 2022
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NODES AND OTHER STRUCTURES
European Patent Office | 2022
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NODES AND OTHER STRUCTURES
European Patent Office | 2022
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NODES AND OTHER STRUCTURES
European Patent Office | 2019
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