Integrating additively-manufactured components

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12583033-B2
Application number	US-202117402212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2021
Priority date	Aug 13, 2021
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Divergent Tech Inc

Inventors

• Martinez Antonio

Classifications

• B33Y80/00 Primary

  Products made by additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B22F10/60

  Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up · CPC title

• B22F10/28

  Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM] · CPC title

• B23K26/342

  Build-up welding · CPC title

• B33Y50/00

  Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing · CPC title