ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,191, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Los Angeles).
"Radiation-enabled retention features for fixtureless assembly of node-based structures" was invented by Lukas Philip Czinger (Santa Monica, Calif.), Vincent Arunas Burokas (Los Angeles), Jason Vincent Gallagher (Lomita, Calif.), Chukwubuikem Marcel Okoli (Los Angeles) and Samuel Noah Miller (Marina Del Rey, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Retention features are provided for joining at least two structural components in a fixtureless assembly system. A first structure including a groove may be configured to contain at least one adhesive, and a se...