Systems and methods for vehicle subassembly and fabrication

A vehicle chassis is provided. The vehicle chassis may comprise one or more vehicle chassis modules or chassis substructures that are formed from a plurality of customized chassis nodes and connecting tubes. The customized chassis nodes and connecting tubes may be formed of one or more metal and/or...

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Main Authors Tenhouten, Broc William, Omohundro, Zachary Meyer, O'Brien, Matthew M, Balzer, William Bradley, Czinger, Kevin R, Penmetsa, Praveen Varma, Hoyle, Richard W
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.03.2021
Subjects
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
CASTING
LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
MAKING METALLIC POWDER
MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER
MOTOR VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
TRAILERS
TRANSPORTING
WORKING METALLIC POWDER
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Summary:A vehicle chassis is provided. The vehicle chassis may comprise one or more vehicle chassis modules or chassis substructures that are formed from a plurality of customized chassis nodes and connecting tubes. The customized chassis nodes and connecting tubes may be formed of one or more metal and/or non-metal materials. The customized chassis nodes may be formed with connecting features to which additional vehicle panels or structures may be permanently or removeably attached. The vehicle chassis modules or chassis substructures may be interchangeably and removeably connected to provide a vehicle chassis having a set of predetermined chassis safety or performance characteristics.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615253826