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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120053716 | DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MATERIALS WITH DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS FROM BASE MATERIALS HAVING DETERMINED CHARACTERISTICS In an object generation system, consumable base materials are characterized in a characterization process wherein an object generation system can use a plurality of so-characterized base materials. User input representing a desired object and set of characteristics for ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 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 characte... | 02/23/2012 |
| 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 ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 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 e... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110258087 | ANALYTICS FOR SETTING UP STRATEGIC INVENTORY SYSTEMS TO HANDLE SMALL LOT ORDERS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY A method of managing manufacturing production includes determining a plurality of products for manufacture using a production line is disclosed. Each product is specified by composition and production line steps and criteria. Production orders for products are analyzed ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110125304 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING PROSTHETIC DENTAL ITEMS A dental CAD/CAM system performs structural analyses of a candidate prosthetic dental item that is to be created using design data representing the prosthetic dental item. The dental CAD/CAM system can recommend positioning of a surface of the prosthetic dental item wit... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110093105 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING PART MATERIALS A computer-implemented method for recommending one or more materials used in designing and manufacturing parts may include receiving data from at least three data sources. The data sources may include a sourcing, manufacturing, and design data source. The data source da... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110093107 | Computer-Implemented Method and System for Determining a Material Utilization for Part Assemblies Various embodiments may include determining a material utilization for one or more assemblies having a plurality of parts. Offal data for one or more parts comprising one or more part assemblies and a blank material utilization status for each of the one or more part as... | 04/21/2011 |
| 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 ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 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 mo... | 03/10/2011 |
| 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 proce... | 02/24/2011 |
| 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 ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100217421 | Industrial Production Process and Production Tool An industrial production method and corresponding production equipment is specified, wherein, for providing the resources and/or energy needed, a load variation y(t) with time is forecast in an automated manner starting with expected environmental and planned production... | 08/26/2010 |
| 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 det... | 04/01/2010 |
| 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 de... | 03/18/2010 |
| 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 i... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090326696 | COMPUTATIONAL METHOD FOR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS A method for manufacturing an electrochemical cell. The method includes generating spatial information including an anode geometry, a cathode geometry, a separator geometry, and one or more current collector geometries. The method also includes storing the spatial infor... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090288796 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A CASTABLE HIGH TEMPERATURE ALUMINUM ALLOY BY CONTROLLED SOLIDIFICATION A castable high temperature aluminum alloy is cast by controlled solidification that combines composition design and solidification rate control to synergistically enhance the performance and versatility of the castable aluminum alloy for a wide range of elevated temper... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090228131 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS Systems, devices, and methods for designing and/or manufacturing transparent conductors. A system is operable to evaluate optical and electrical manufacturing criteria for a transparent conductor. The system includes a database including stored reference transparent con... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090216804 | System and Method for Using Manufacturing States of Vehicle Products for Display of a Manufacturing Process A system and method of using manufacturing states in a manufacturing process is provided in which manufacturing states for an article of manufacture are defined at different time periods of a manufacturing process for display as manufacturing contexts relating to an ins... | 08/27/2009 |
| 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 o... | 08/20/2009 |
| 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 deter... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090204237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE SELECTION, INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety,... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090198363 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM CREATING SYSTEM, PRODUCTION SYSTEM CREATING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRODUCTION SYSTEM CREATING PROGRAM FOR ALLOWING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE PRODUCTION SYSTEM CREATING METHOD To provide a production system creating system that can create a production system of an article by freely combining a plurality of production factors of various types from a superordinate concept toward a subordinate concept thereof. In a production system creating sys... | 08/06/2009 |
| 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 ... | 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 co... | 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 perf... | 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 ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20080290539 | Method for Manufacturing a Tyre A method of manufacturing tyres by disposing an uncured elastomeric material on a substantially rigid toroidal support so as to form a green tyre. The green tyre and the toroidal support are then disposed within a vulcanization mold in which a molding cavity is defined,... | 11/27/2008 |
| 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 pl... | 10/30/2008 |
| 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 ... | 10/16/2008 |
| 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 se... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080125894 | Method and apparatus for determining a solution group of parts in an assembly A method for determining a solution group of parts among a plurality of parts in an assembly, the solution group being situated substantially proximate to at least one target part of the plurality of parts, each respective part of the plurality of parts being identified... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080046106 | Production management program, production management method, and production management system A computer-readable recording medium recording a production management program that causes a computer to execute: a first process, based on a component table in which a group of components constituting a product is defined and on production planning information of the p... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080004740 | Providing status information for a material A computer-implemented method for providing status information for a material includes obtaining information at least in part from an electronic database order object that has been released from a planning process for execution. The order object defines a requirement fo... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070299747 | Method and system for replenishing rotable inventory A method for replenishing rotable material associated with a parts exchange program comprises receiving replenishment data associated with a part number, and estimating projected rotable requirements for the part number based on the replenishment data. A supplemental qu... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070288111 | Systems and methods for calculating alerts based on pegging A system and method for performing supply chain planning, includes providing a plurality of demand orders, each demand order including at least one input interface node, each input interface node identifying a type of material required by said demand order, a quantity o... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070288112 | SELF-ADJUSTING INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR PERSONALIZING AND RE-PERSONALIZING PARTS A process for managing a supply chain by automatically analyzing shifting demand for personalized parts is provided. A plurality of orders is received. The plurality orders form a demand. The demand results in a set of parts that need to be personalized. The demand is a... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070270990 | System and process for supply management for the assembly of expensive products A method and system are described for managing component supply for complex products by monitoring the delivery performance of component suppliers and optimizing the times at which orders are placed. Performance of component suppliers is monitored by setting supply deli... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070239304 | A METHOD FOR CALCULATING A MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS PLAN FOR DEMANDS CONTAINING MULTIPLE DEMAND DATES AND PRIORITIES The methodology disclosed herein calculates the dates that product must come to stock for every component in the supply chain as needed to meet exit demands associated with a plurality of due dates and priorities. Every planned product stock is thus associated with mult... | 10/11/2007 |
