Systems and methods for implementing node to node connections in mechanized assemblies

Techniques for joining nodes and subcomponents are presented herein. An additively manufactured first node or subcomponent has a groove. An additively manufactured second node or subcomponent has a tongue configured to extend into and mate with the groove to form a tongue-and-groove connection betwe...

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Hauptverfasser:	El Naga, Eahab Nagi, Bowden, Jr., Thomas Samuel, Martinez, Antonio Bernerd, TenHouten, David Brian, Okoli, Chukwubuikem Marcel, Zafar, Muhammad Faizan, TenHouten, Broc William, Bucknell, John Russell
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING BLASTING CASTING CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GEARING GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING LAYERED PRODUCTS LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM LIGHTING MACHINE TOOLS MAKING METALLIC POWDER MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS POWDER METALLURGY SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING WEAPONS WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM WORKING METALLIC POWDER
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Zusammenfassung:	Techniques for joining nodes and subcomponents are presented herein. An additively manufactured first node or subcomponent has a groove. An additively manufactured second node or subcomponent has a tongue configured to extend into and mate with the groove to form a tongue-and-groove connection between the first and second node or subcomponent. In some aspects, the tongue-groove connection may extend substantially around a periphery of the node or subcomponent. In other aspects, a first subcomponent having a fluid pipe interface may be coupled via a tongue-groove connection to a second subcomponent having a fluid pipe interface, thereby enabling fluid to flow between subcomponents of the resulting integrated component.