US 11,947,335 B2
Multi-component structure optimization for combining 3-D printed and commercially available parts
Jinbo Chen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); and Michael Morgan, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Divergent Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,690.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,918, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0206459 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4099 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4099 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a multi-component structure (MCS) model, comprising:
obtaining a 3-D print model of an object, wherein the 3-D print model is based on load case criteria;
determining a portion of the 3-D print model that can be replaced with a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) part model, such that the load case criteria remain satisfied; and
replacing the portion with the COTS part model to determine the MCS model,
wherein replacing the portion with the COTS part model includes performing multi-objective analysis based on a plurality of objective functions, and
wherein the objective functions comprise at least evaluating structural performance or a number of joints.