US 11,872,689 B2
End effector features for additively manufactured components
Oussama Rawas, Allen, TX (US); Roy Smith, Escondido, CA (US); Alex James Hamade, Redondo Beach, CA (US); Muhammad Faizan Zafar, Long Beach, CA (US); Keith Allen Fleming, Torrance, CA (US); Eahab Nagi El Naga, Topanga, CA (US); Antonio Bernerd Martinez, El Segundo, CA (US); and Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/925,640.
Prior Publication US 2019/0283260 A1, Sep. 19, 2019
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01)
CPC B25J 15/0033 (2013.01) [B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); Y10S 901/30 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an additively manufactured component including a surface with an end effector feature, the end effector feature including a face that recedes into a recess in the surface, wherein at least a portion of the face of the end effector feature is angled less than 90 degrees with respect to the surface such that the end effector feature can be gripped by an end effector on a robot such that the additively manufactured component can be lifted by the robot.