US 11,754,107 B2
Methods and apparatus for forming node to panel joints
William David Kreig, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, Los Angeles, CA (US); David Brian TenHouten, Los Angeles, CA (US); Antonio Bernerd Martinez, El Segundo, CA (US); Kevin Robert Czinger, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Broc William TenHouten, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US)
Assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/378,390.
Application 17/378,390 is a continuation of application No. 15/853,301, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 11,085,473.
Prior Publication US 2022/0042534 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 11/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 11/006 (2013.01) [F16B 5/121 (2013.01); Y10T 403/47 (2015.01); Y10T 403/473 (2015.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A node comprising:
a base comprising at least a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side forming a recess in the base;
a first port and a second port coupled to the base;
at least one adhesive region disposed on a first surface of the first side and a second surface of the second side; and
at least one channel coupled between the first port and the second port and configured to fill the adhesive regions with an adhesive, wherein
the channel runs from the first port serially through each adhesive region on the first side, through the base, and through each adhesive region on the second side, and then to the second port,
the channel is configured to fill each adhesive region, and
the second port is disposed on the first side, such that, after routing through the at least one adhesive region on the second side, the channel is routed back to the first side.