Apparatus and methods for additively manufactured structures with augmented energy absorption properties are presented herein. Three dimensional (3D) additive manufacturing structures may be constructed with spatially dependent features to create crash components. When used in the construction of a transport vehicle, the crash components with spatially dependent additively manufactured features may enhance and augment crash energy absorption. This in turn absorbs and re-distributes more crash energy away from the vehicle's occupant(s), thereby improving the occupants' safety.
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES WITH AUGMENTED ENERGY ABSORPTION PROPERTIES
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN FÜR GENERATIV GEFERTIGTE STRUKTUREN MIT VERBESSERTEN ENERGIEABSORPTIONSEIGENSCHAFTEN
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉS DE FABRICATION ADDITIVE DE STRUCTURES AYANT DES PROPRIÉTÉS D'ABSORPTION D'ÉNERGIE AUGMENTÉE
2022-06-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | 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 / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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