US 11,897,163 B2
Methods and apparatus for additively manufactured endoskeleton-based transport structures
Kevin Robert Czinger, Santa Monica, CA (US); Broc William TenHouten, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Stuart Paul Macey, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); David Charles O'Connell, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Jon Paul Gunner, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US); Antonio Bernerd Martinez, El Segundo, CA (US); and Narender Shankar Lakshman, Torrance, CA (US)
Assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/171,867.
Application 17/171,867 is a continuation of application No. 15/659,607, filed on Jul. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,940,609.
Prior Publication US 2021/0187785 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 25/00 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/40 (2014.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B22F 5/10 (2006.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/25 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B22F 3/00 (2021.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B23K 101/28 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01); B29C 64/10 (2017.01); B23K 103/08 (2006.01); B23K 103/14 (2006.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B22F 10/18 (2021.01); B22F 12/00 (2021.01); B22F 12/46 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/115 (2006.01)
CPC B28B 1/001 (2013.01) [B22F 3/002 (2013.01); B22F 5/10 (2013.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/25 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/03 (2013.01); B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B23K 26/40 (2013.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B62D 27/023 (2013.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); B22F 3/115 (2013.01); B22F 10/18 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B22F 12/22 (2021.01); B22F 12/46 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); B23K 2101/28 (2018.08); B23K 2103/04 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08); B23K 2103/14 (2018.08); B23K 2103/15 (2018.08); B29C 64/10 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B62D 25/00 (2013.01); B62D 65/02 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport structure, comprising:
a 3-D printed frame comprising a structure configured to accept loads and to protect an occupant in an impact event;
a plurality of components assembled onto the 3-D printed frame; and
a separate body assembled over an exterior surface of the 3-D printed frame.