| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 700106000 | Material requirement | 38 |
| 20090210082 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR USE IN FORMING A PRODUCT FIXTURE ASSEMBLY FOR REDUCED WEIGHT, IMPROVED SAFETY, AND EASE OF MANUFACTURE - A method and apparatus thereof for providing a material for use in forming a product fixture assembly. One or more flaws of a currently utilized material can be analyzed for use in meeting a particular requirement of a product fixture assembly in order to identify one or more alternate materials for use in meeting the particular requirement of the product fixture assembly. The alternate material(s) are then analyzed with regard to all requirements of the product fixture assembly, in response to identifying the alternate material(s). An offering of the alternate material(s) can be developed that meets the particular requirement of the product fixture assembly and overcomes the flaws(s) associated with the currently utilized material. The alternate material(s) can be then selected in order to develop the product fixture assembly. A new material may also be developed, which meets the particular requirement of the product fixture assembly. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20110301738 | FULLY AUTOMATIC SELF-SERVICE KEY DUPLICATING KIOSK - A self-service, fully-automatic kiosk for duplicating keys includes a kiosk housing having a customer interface for receiving payment from a customer for the purchase of at least one duplicate of the customer's key. A key analysis system within the housing analyzes the blade of a key inserted in the key-receiving entry to determine whether the inserted key matches one of a group of preselected key types and, if so, which preselected key type is matched. A key blank extraction system extracts from a magazine within the kiosk a key blank for the preselected key type matched by the blade of the key inserted in the key-receiving entry. Then a key duplicating system within the kiosk replicates the tooth pattern of the blade of the key inserted in the key-receiving entry, on the blade of the extracted key blank. The kiosk includes a processor coupled to sensors and controllable devices within the kiosk and to a communications port for communicating with a remote central server. The processor displays multiple available manual commands in response to an input signal requesting such a display, and, in response to manual selection of the commands, produces signals that energize and de-energize selected devices within the kiosk, thereby permitting remote manual control of the devices and mechanisms associated with those devices. The processor also transmits signals from a video camera within the kiosk, and signals representing the status of multiple devices within the kiosk. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20090187265 | PROCESS MANUFACTURING WITH PRODUCT QUANTITY CALCULATION - A system that determines product quantities for a process manufacturing formula that generates a first product and a second product receives a quantity of a first ingredient and a quantity of a second ingredient. The first and second ingredients contribute to a formula yield. The system further receives a quantity of a byproduct of the formula and a percentage of the formula for the output first product and a percentage of the formula for the output second product. The system then automatically determines a first product quantity based on the quantity of the first ingredient, the quantity of the second ingredient, the quantity of the byproduct of the formula, and the percentage of the formula for the first product. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090105862 | Seating System and Assembly - This invention relates specifically to a seating system or assembly which utilizes a modularized system of standard sized components. The system reduces manufacturing costs, simplifies storage and shipping and improves assembly efficiencies. The system of modularized components allows flexibility in seating use and design. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090099678 | MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT METHOD, MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND MOUNTER - For a mounter, to provide a manufacturing management method which enables to suppress an occurrence of inventory shortage or excess inventory as much as possible, and to provide a manufacturing management method which allows energy savings when manufacturing is not performed at full capacity. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090076639 | Method for Providing Customized Cosmetics and the System used Therefor - The present invention relates to a method and system for providing cosmetics customized for an individual customer, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing cosmetics customized for an individual customer, wherein customized cosmetics appropriate for skin condition or scalp and hair condition of the customer are produced using diagnostic data on the skin condition or scalp and hair condition of the customer and provided to the customer to thereby enhance customer's feeling of satisfaction. According to the present invention, there is provided a method for providing customized cosmetics appropriate for an individual customer using a microprocessor having information on standard cosmetic material mixing ratios in accordance with age groups and skin conditions of consumers as a database. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20080269934 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PRODUCT FOR OPTIMIZING MANUFACTURING TESTS BY INTEGRATING PART AND TEST OBJECTS IN THE SAME ORDER CONFIGURATION APPLICATION - A method, apparatus, and product are disclosed for optimizing manufacturing testing of a customized configuration of a product. A plurality of part objects are defined within an order configuration application. Each one of the part objects is associated with one of a plurality of parts. A plurality of test objects is defined within the order configuration application. Each one of the test objects is associated with one of a plurality of tests. The order configuration application is used to generate order information using the part objects that are associated with parts that are selected to be included in a customized product. The order configuration application is also used to generate test cases using the test objects that are associated with the part objects that are associated with parts that are selected to be included in a customized product. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110087358 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING SURFACE DATA FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF OPTIMUM FIT MATING PARTS - A computer-based method for defining a surface of a part for placement adjacent a mating surface of a base part is described. The method includes receiving raw data which defines the mating surface of the base part, smoothing the raw data, generating a stable reference frame consisting of at least one of a substantially smooth curve and surface based on the smoothed raw data, calculating a dimensional offset curve or surface using the smoothed raw data and the stable reference frame curve or surface by referencing any peaks in the smoothed raw data within a predefined range of a corresponding point in the stable reference frame curve or surface, smoothing the dimensional offset curve or surface, and outputting the dimensional offset curve or surface for utilization in fabricating the part that is to be adjacent the base part. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20100070066 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CUTTING OF RAW GLASS SLABS - Disclosed is a method for cutting of raw gas slabs into a number of glass cuttings. The method includes determining the supply of uncut or partially cut raw glass slabs, continuously detecting incoming cutting orders and processing of the cutting orders, continuously determining an optimized processing order and optimized cutting patterns of raw glass slabs based on determined values, processing cutting orders according to the determined optimized processing order and optimized cutting patterns, and storing the glass cuttings in assigned compartments of an intermediate storage. An increased productivity with minimized waste of material can be achieved by the continuous optimizing method in regards to the temporal sequence and cutting patterns of the glass cuttings. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110060444 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATION OF ONE OR MORE PIPES WITH SEVERAL PIPE PARTS TO BE CUT - The invention relates to a method for allocation of a pipe or several pipes with several pipe parts to be cut for a laser cutting installation, wherein the pipe parts to be cut are selected from an order table. Methods include measuring a length of each of the one or more pipes, calculating, before measuring, a nesting of a pipe part relative to the same pipe part or a different pipe part of the order table, calculating a plurality of pipe allocation variants for a particular pipe of the one or more pipes with the pipe parts to be cut based on the nesting and the measured pipe length of the particular pipe, selecting one of the plurality of calculated pipe allocation variants as a desired pipe allocation, and initiating cutting of the particular pipe based on the desired pipe allocation. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20100286810 | Methods and Systems for Customizing Lighting Control Panels - A design module is a software module that is implemented in a computer system that comprises instructions stored in a machine-readable medium and a processor that executes the instructions. The design module receives inputs from a person to create a custom insert for a lighting control panel. The inputs identify the content and locations of labels and a decorative background of the insert. Each label is associated with a corresponding input device. Each input device is associated with an optical configuration or “scene” of an environment associated with the lighting control panel. Each label includes alphanumeric text and/or graphics that identify the scene of the label's corresponding input device. The design module causes the insert to be generated by instructing a printer to print the labels and background on a sheet of material, at the specified locations. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100082145 | ROUTING MANAGER - The invention relates to systems and/or methodologies for route management. More particularly, the invention relates to an industrial controller (e.g., logic controller) based route management solution. The route management solution can statically and/or dynamically determine, maintain, or otherwise manage a route. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100030359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGNING PARTS USING A MATERIALS PIPELINE - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for designing a product using technology readiness levels for materials. Entries identifying materials and technology readiness levels for the materials are stored in a database. A first design is developed using a first material selected from the database, wherein the first material has a first technology readiness level identified from the database. A second design is developed using a second material selected from the database, wherein the second material has a second technology readiness level identified from the database. The first design is compared to the second design using the first technology readiness level and the second technology readiness level to form a comparison. A selection is made between the first design and the second design using the comparison. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20080255694 | Evaluating supplier capacity - Methods and systems evaluate a capacity of a supplier to meet a capacity requirement for a part for a time period. In one implementation, a method is provided. According to the method, a forecast is transmitted to a supplier that indicates the capacity requirement. The method receives an actual capacity of the supplier to produce the part for the time period and determines whether the actual capacity of the supplier meets the capacity requirement. When the actual capacity of the supplier does not meet the capacity requirement, the method receives, from the supplier, a plan specifying how the supplier plans to meet the capacity requirement. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20120046776 | COMPUTER AIDED SOLID STATE BATTERY DESIGN METHOD AND MANUFACTURE OF SAME USING SELECTED COMBINATIONS OF CHARACTERISTICS - A method of designing and manufacturing a solid-state electrochemical battery cell for a battery device. The method includes building a database of a plurality of first characteristics of a solid-state cells for a battery device and determining at least a third characteristic of the solid-state cell for a given application. The method also includes selecting at least one material of the solid-state electrochemical battery cell, the selected material being from the plurality of first characteristics and forming a plurality of factorial combinations of each component using the selected plurality of first characteristics to derive a respective plurality of solid-state electrochemical battery cells. The method performs a design optimization process for the third characteristic. A step of identifying an optimal design of the second characteristics with the selected first characteristics for each solid-state electrochemical battery cell from the plurality of solid-state cells is included. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20100249975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS - A method for sustainability analysis, and related data processing system and computer-readable medium. One method includes loading product assembly data, the product assembly data including a plurality of components. The method also includes loading sustainability data for the plurality of components, the sustainability data including, for each component, values for a plurality of criteria for each of a plurality of product lifecycle phases. The method also includes receiving a component selection and a phase selection. The method also includes displaying a sustainability output according to the component selection and phase selection. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110046769 | MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, PROGRAM, MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTION SYSTEM, AND MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTION METHOD - The present teaching is intended to observe the delivery date of a product and decrease the number of workpieces in a merger process. A treatment sequence calculator included in manufacturing instruction equipment identifies an in-process part being worked in each process, and calculates the delivery-date allowance of the in-process part. In-process parts whose delivery-date allowances fall below a predetermined threshold are inputted to each process in ascending order of delivery-date allowances. In-process parts whose delivery-date allowances are equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold are inputted to each process in ascending order by a minimum value of remaining treatment times which the in-process parts take to reach the merger process. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110276167 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF HVAC CONTROL PANELS - The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment. The exemplary system dramatic reduces the product specification and engineering time required for any custom control panel and makes it possible for OEMs to efficiently offering more options and shorter turn-around times to its customers. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120283864 | AUTOMATED CAST COIL EVALUATION SYSTEM - A method for evaluating a sheet comprising the steps of casting a sheet and automatically determining characteristics relating to at least one of thickness or shape of the sheet during or immediately after the casting step. The method includes automatically determining chemical composition of the sheet. The method further includes receiving an order for the sheet and retrieving, from a database, specifications based upon the order. Finally, the method includes automatically comparing the determined characteristics to the retrieved specifications to determine the suitability of the sheet for use with the order. | 11-08-2012 |
| 700107000 | Bill of material | 19 |
| 20100114355 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF MANUFACTURING INFORMATION - To allow flexible determination of a manufacturing method, based upon the know-how accumulated at a manufacturing department, and to realize management of adopted manufacturing BOM data. A screen-displayed design BOM is edited by dividing one part into a plurality of subparts or connecting a plurality of parts to one subassembly, depending upon a command entered from an input device, and the edited BOM is stored into a database. At the same time, a link node that represents a part-to-part connection association pertaining to the plural subparts or the subassembly is created and then displayed on the display screen, with data of the link node being stored into the database. The subparts or subassembly connection relationship pertaining to the displayed link node is entered from the input device, then associated to the data of the link node, and stored as attribute data of the link node into another database. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20090312860 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CREATION AND DISPLAY OF ASSEMBLY DOCUMENTATION FOR CUSTOM HEARING AID MANUFACTURING - A method for updating manufacturing documents with changes in bill of materials information includes generating and storing the manufacturing documents including wiring diagrams and the like in a standard format, such as a PDF document, but without including the bill of materials information in the manufacturing document. The bill of materials information is generated and stored separately, either as a document or as a master list, for example. The manufacturing document and bill of materials information is linked. Updates to the bill of materials information is entered without requiring changes in the corresponding manufacturing document or creation of new PDF documents showing the wiring diagrams and the like. The linked documents are displayed on a screen on a manufacturing floor. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090157212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PAINT FORMULA HAVING A EFFECT PIGMENT - A system and method of determining a paint formula having an effect pigment is provided. The system includes a coarseness gauge which may be placed adjacent to a painted surface, such as that of a vehicle. A technician compares the gauge to the painted surface to determine a coarseness of the effect pigment. This coarseness is then used to select and/or adjust a paint formula such that an accurate match may be achieved. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100106280 | Method and an apparatus for identifying variable and common module variants in a product family and managing resulting variants - A method and an apparatus reduce the complexity of the design of product platforms, of the design of product lines and of variant management. A product is broken down into systems, which are subdivided into modules. In any given product, each module is realized by one concrete module variant out of a set of possible module variants, where unwanted combinations are avoided. Packaging is supported across one or more systems. Variant management manages the set of all variants as a whole. The introduced method and the apparatus holds the advantage, that products, which comprise common module variants and variable module variants, can be designed more efficiently. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100036516 | FILTERING OF SMALL VALUES FOR THE VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - The invention relates to a method of simulating an electronic circuit, represented in the form of masks and connections, comprising:
| 02-11-2010 |
| 20080281455 | Materials, Operations and Tooling Interface and Methods for Managing a Remote Production Facility - A system and method for managing a remote manufacturing facility are described. The system includes a network, data store, interface, and a processor. The interface is located at a manufacturing facility. The processor and data store are located at a location removed from the manufacturing facility. The network communicatively couples the interface to the data store and the processor. The data store includes information that directs technicians through the steps associated with manufacturing sub-assemblies and assemblies. The information includes bill-of-materials, manufacturing instructions, partially completed quality assurance documents, part identifiers and part parameters, tool identifiers and tool parameters, as well as annotations and images. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110144789 | SYNCHORNIZATION OF RECIPE STRUCTURES AND BILL OF MATERIALS INCLUDING THE ADJUSTMENT TO MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS - A system and method of synchronizing recipes and bills of materials (BOM). An approved recipe is parameterized in a planning interface. A BOM is synchronized with the parameterized recipe. The BOM is then displayed in a graphical user interface to allow a user to modify by a resolve conflict present during synchronization. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20100217422 | DESIGN MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A design management device for managing data for the design of a final produced product has a unit design storage section for storing unit design data for a unit of assembled parts produced using a plurality of minimum unit parts together with corresponding part design data for the minimum unit parts, a product design storage unit for storing product design data for the final produced product produced using a plurality of units of assembled parts together with the corresponding unit design data, a data transmission unit for sending the product design data to the production management device for managing data for the production of the final produced product together with the unit design data and the part design data, a transmission determination unit for determining whether or not the unit design data for the product design data sent to the production management device was transmitted in the past; and a transmission control unit that does not transmit corresponding part design data when the unit design data determined to have been transmitted in the past is sent. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20090198364 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING A RESTRICTION OBJECT WITH A MATERIAL OBJECT - A method and system for integrating a restriction object with a material object is provided. A reference is generated between a material object and a restriction object. A restriction note is received from a supplier having a material restriction for a material in the material object. A material position is searched in the material object using a material number of the material. A selection condition is determined based on which the material is chosen from the material position. A restriction condition is generated in the restriction object based on the material restriction and the selection condition. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20110029120 | Manufacturing Resource Planning using a Component Management System - Order information is received for an order executable using a computer system to assemble a product from a plurality of components at a manufacturing location. A real-time record associated with the manufacturing location and being kept updated substantially in real time with order changes is updated with the order information, the real-time record associating the order with the plurality of components. For each of the plurality of components, it is determined whether a component change due to the order information meets a component-specific change criterion associated with the component. A static record is updated with the component change for any of the plurality of components required for the order where the component-specific change criterion is met. After the static record is updated, a management process configured to manage supply of at least one of the plurality of components according to the static record is initiated for the manufacturing location. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20090204248 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A DEMAND ON A PRODUCT VARIANT USING BILL OF MATERIAL - Disclosed is a method and system for receiving a product parts list containing parts for creating a product variant of a product and updating a bill of material with the parts and a selection condition to identify a part of the product variant. The method includes determining a characteristic and a characteristic value of the parts of the product variant and generating a variant demand object for the product variant. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110077763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW LEVEL CODE CALCULATION - A computer-implemented method for re-calculating low level codes for a plurality of bill of materials that receives a list of a plurality of materials connected by a first set of edges that represent a component subcomponent relationship and a second set of edges that represent a co-product relationship. The same low level code may be assigned to each material connected by the second set of edges, the assigning includes forming at least one equal group. Each equal group may include the number of nodes in the equal group, a list of nodes in the at least one equal group that have been processed, and the low level code for the equal group. The results of the low level code assignment may be displayed to allow the user to receive the materials in the equal group at the same time. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110178625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MATERIAL - A system for processing material includes a computer connected to a saw. A pusher is used to convey material along a processing path. The computer is programmed to control optimal processing of material to satisfy a cut list. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120123582 | Tracing processes between precursors and products by utilizing isotopic relationships - Methods and systems are provided that utilize measured isotopic abundance data to correlate a product to the synthesis process by which it was made. By utilizing the principles described herein, isotopic process profiles for synthetic products can be constructed, products of unknown origin can be inferentially identified to the processes by which they were made, and synthesis processes can be monitored for consistency of process parameters. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20110112679 | PRODUCT-LINE BASED CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A product-line managing module includes a code and bill of material (BOM) generator module and a configuration management module. The code and BOM generator module: receives data dictionary entries and interface information; generates a product BOM of at least one of a product based on the data dictionary entries and interface information; and generates autocode for N modules based on the data dictionary entries and interface information, where N is an integer greater than 1. The configuration management module assembles the autocode to generate the product. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20090299513 | PRODUCT RECOVERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A product recovery management system is provided for assisting a worker who lacks professional knowledge or experiences of related products to efficiently, easily perform a product recovery work. The system includes a Device to Ubiquitous (D2U) interface module, a product recovery management system (PRMS) database (DB) that stores product information and various types of information related to product recovery, a product recognizing module that refers to one of the PRMS DB and the product lifecycle information infrastructure for information of a corresponding information using an identification (ID) of the product transmitted from the D2U interface module. The system further includes a recovery plan making module provides a user terminal of a worker with steps and related information necessary for a product recovery process through the user interface module using the product information collected from the product lifecycle information infrastructure. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090281651 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ASSEMBLY CONFIGURATION - A bill of material and a design layout are aligned to generate a configuration for a virtual vehicle. The bill of material includes a part number and usage associated with a part. The design layout includes a CAD model of the part. CAD models in vehicle position are generated from the design layout. Logical positions are identified based on the usage and the CAD models in vehicle position are associated with the logical positions. Feature conditions are applied to the CAD models in vehicle position representing content and position configuration. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20110276168 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF HVAC CONTROL PANELS - The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC equipment. One exemplary system includes a computerized product configuration module that defines product family parameters from user input and outputs a product family data structure, for example, a coded character string, to a technical design module. The technical design module, which incorporates engineering design rules for control panels and wiring modules, automatically processes the coded character string, outputting detailed engineering drawings, component listings, and even assembly instructions to robotic manufacturing equipment. The exemplary system dramatic reduces the product specification and engineering time required for any custom control panel and makes it possible for OEMs to efficiently offering more options and shorter turn-around times to its customers. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20080234851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PRODUCT MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A method for managing a product manufacturing process is disclosed. The method includes the steps of downloading a bill of materials of the product from a first database according to a serial number and an edition of the product; downloading a production order from a second database according to the production order number; downloading received materials delivery receipts from the second database according to corresponding numbers of the received materials delivery receipts; obtaining product information and manufacturing information of downloaded production order; obtaining serial numbers and editions of corresponding materials; obtaining received materials information from the downloaded received materials delivery receipts; creating a manufacturing check list according to obtained information; and saving the manufacturing check list in the application server, and creating a serial number of the manufacturing check list; assigning one or more preconfigured product tracking numbers to the manufacturing check list. | 09-25-2008 |
