US3605528A
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Incremental construction of three-dimensional objects having premachined rod elements and method for forming the same
Assignee: Ford Motor Co
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Filing: 1968-08-02
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Granted: 1971-09-20
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Expires: 1988-08-02
Abstract
Abstract A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTICLE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IT, SAID ARTICLE COMPRISING INDIVIDUAL INCREMENTS IN THE FORM OF RODS THAT ARE PREMACHINED OR PREFORMED AND ASSEMBLED IN REGISTRY, SAID RODS BEING PRECUT TO DISCRETE LENGTHS, ONE END OF EACH ROD FORMING AN INCREMENT OF A PRECALIBRATED SURFACE CONTOUR, EACH INCREMENTAL SURFACE BEING LOCATED IN AN OPTIMUM PLANE TANGENT TO THE PRECALIBRATED SURFACE, THE ROD LENGTHS AND THE CUTTING ANGLES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL RODS BEING DETERMINED NUMERICAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES.
Inventors
- 👤 Foster E Whitacre
- 👤 Archie A Pearson
- 👤 Harold N Bogart
- 👤 Norman W Hopwood Jr
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2026-11-02 22:56
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23P; B23P15/00; B23P15/24; B23P15/246; B21; B21D; B21D37/00; B21D37/20; B22; B22C; B22C7/00; B28; B28B; B28B7/00; B28B7/02; B28B7/025; B29; B29C; B29C33/00; B29C33/30; B29C33/301; B29C33/302; G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/18; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/49; G05B2219/49004; G05B2219/49007
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