Granted Patent
B2
US 12,583,033 · App. 17/402,212 · Granted Mar 24, 2026
Integrating additively-manufactured components
Assignee:
Divergent Technologies, Inc.
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Abstract
Methods for joining components, and apparatuses comprising components to be joined, are described. An apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a first component comprising a first feature having a first surface profile, and an additively-manufactured second component comprising a second feature having a second surface profile, wherein the second surface profile is generated at least in part from the first surface profile of the first interface, such that the first surface profile is configured to mate with the second surface profile.
Claims (15)
1 . A method for additively manufacturing components, comprising:
additively manufacturing a first component having a first interface at a first resolution as a tongue structure, wherein a top surface and a front surface of the first component is additively manufactured with rough surfaces such that a space or gap exists when the top surface of the first component and the front surface of the first component are coupled into a second interface of a second component to allow for adhesive flow;
scanning a surface profile of the interface of the first component;
generating a complementary surface profile from the scanned surface profile of the interface of the first component;
additively manufacturing the second component having a second interface as a groove structure, the second interface having a second resolution higher than the first resolution of the first interface of the first component, the second interface having the complementary surface profile; and
configuring the groove structure to mate with the tongue structure to form the space or gap between the top surface of the first component and a front surface of the first component and the second interface of the second component.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising additively manufacturing the first component using direct energy deposition.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising additively manufacturing the second component using powder bed fusion.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising scanning the surface profile of the interface of the first component using a three-dimensional scan.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a model from the surface profile of the interface of the first component.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the complementary surface profile by a computer-aided design model.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the complementary surface profile with an offset from the surface profile.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising configuring the offset to accept an adhesive.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising applying an adhesive to at least one of the surface profile and the complementary surface profile.
10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising mating the first component and the second component.
Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Sep 3, 2025
From: ROCHEFORT MANAGEMENT LLC
To: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 073006/0590 →
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Jan 30, 2025
From: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CZV, INC.
To: ROCHEFORT MANAGEMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 070074/0290 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
To: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 070048/0543 →
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded May 30, 2024
From: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Reel/Frame 067569/0171 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Apr 7, 2023
From: MARTINEZ, ANTONIO
To: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 063262/0277 →
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Mar 6, 2023
From: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Reel/Frame 062895/0055 →
Continuity (1)
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