METHOD OF ASSEMBLY FOR 3D PRINTED VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE, JOINTS

Patent №

US 11,623,390

Granted

2023-04-11

Filed 2019

Owner

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Lab

AI components

1

planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16490659

A method of assembling components of a vehicle is provided that includes locating a node (20) relative to an adjoining component (22), measuring at least one geometrical feature of the node or the adjoining component, 3D printing an assembly adjustment member (24) based on the measuring, and placing the assembly adjustment member proximate at least one of the node or the adjoining component. The assembly adjustment member is configured to allow relative movement between the node and the adjoining component for subsequent processing operations.

PlanningB29C 64/176B29C 64/00B29C 70/845B33Y 10/00B33Y 40/20B33Y 80/00B62D 27/02F16B 11/008

AI classification

Planning0.89
Natural language0.00
AI hardware0.00
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00
Machine learning0.00

Ownership

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

assignment · 502460154

Assignors

HUFF, GARRET, WHITENS, MICHAEL JAMES, FRIEDMAN, PETER A., FLANIGAN, CYNTHIA MOWERY

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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