Title:
COMPOSITE INLAYS IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2022130628
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide components that can include both "off the shelf" and customized components that can serve one or more of functional, structural, and aesthetic purposes, within or as part of a transportation structure.SOLUTION: Techniques for inlaying composite material within a tooling shell are disclosed. In one aspect, an additively manufactured tooling shell is provided into which the composite material is inlaid and cured. Indentation or another mechanism is provided on the surface of the tooling shell to enable adhesion between the composite material and the tooling shell. The resulting integrated structure is used as a component in the transport structure.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8
Inventors:
Foil Richard Winston
Tenhou Tenblock William
Lakshman Narender Shankar
Tenhou Tenblock William
Lakshman Narender Shankar
Application Number:
JP2022105456A
Publication Date:
September 06, 2022
Filing Date:
June 30, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Divergent Technologies, Inc.
International Classes:
B29C69/00; B29C64/10; B33Y10/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hayashi Kazuyoshi
Tetsuo Shiba
Takuya Saito
Mitsuru Iwaike
Kazuhiro Kosuga
Tetsuo Shiba
Takuya Saito
Mitsuru Iwaike
Kazuhiro Kosuga