Citation
(2012), "Patent abstracts", Assembly Automation, Vol. 32 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.2012.03332baa.009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Patent abstracts
Article Type: Patent abstracts From: Assembly Automation, Volume 32, Issue 2
Title: Method for the computer-assisted design of a mechanical assemblyApplicant: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA (FR)Publication number: US2010070242 (A1)Publication date: 18 March 2010
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the computer-assisted design of a mechanical assembly that comprises at least: a step of graphic three-dimensional modeling of the mechanical assembly that can be piloted by several elementary solids (SE) that can be parametered at least geometrically by the user independently from each other, each SE comprising a geometric structure that can be at least geometrically parametered by the user, and representing a portion of a part or a recess of a portion of a part, a part being a structure in which all the structures are immobile relative to each other; the parametered geometric structures of the elementary solids being generic for several different mechanical assemblies and having the same function, wherein the parametering of said structures can be different from mechanical assembly to the other, while the elementary solids on one hand and the graphic modeling on the other hand are stored in distinct files so that said graphic modeling can still be piloted by said ESs and so that the re-use of said generic geometric structures is made easier for the user.
Title: Systems, methods, and software for automated design and manufacturing of HVAC control panelsApplicant: Design Ready Controls Inc (USA)Publication number: US2011276168 (A1)Publication date: 10 November 2011
Abstract: 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.
Title: Integration method of collaborating assembly design, process planning and simulation verification of complicated productApplicant: Beijing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsP ublication number: CN101714182 (A)Publication date: 26 May 2010
Abstract: The invention relates to an integration method of collaborating the assembly design, the process planning and the simulation verification of a complicated product, belonging to the research contents of a modern manufacture integration technology in the technical field of advanced manufacture. The invention provides technical methods and decision supports for remotely collaborating the assembly design, the analysis estimation, the planning optimization and the assembly process simulation of the complicated product, stimulates the organic integration of the assembly design and the assembly process, comprehensively utilizes a digital design and manufacture technology, a network technology and an artificial intelligence technology, and provides the method for collaborating a human-computer collaboration working mode and a human-human collaboration working mode and collaborating the assembly design, the analysis estimation, the planning optimization, the assembly simulation of the complicated product and finally realizes the multi-subject collaborative optimization design of the product-developing process. To a certain degree, the invention solves the problem of difficulty for collaborating and integrating the assembly design, the process planning and the simulation verification of the complicated product and provides an effective path for closely integrating the assembly design and the assembly process.
Title: Electronic whole set surface mounting technology production line virtual manufacturing system and realization method thereofApplicant: Changzhou AutoSMT Information Technology Co LtdPublication number: CN101986317 (A)Publication date: 16 March 2011
Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic whole set surface mounting technology (SMT) production line virtual manufacturing system and a realization method thereof. The realization method comprises the following steps: according to the assembly mode and the degree of automation, the process flow and parameters of the SMT production line are designed, a three-dimensional (3D) animation is used to display the process flow of the SMT production line; the electronic design automation (EDA) design file is read, the simulation programming of the key equipment of the mainstream machine in market is performed, then the data are input in an assembly database; the object oriented technology and the OpenGL technology are adopted to perform the 3D simulation of the working process of the SMT key equipment under the VC++6.0 environment; and manufacturability analysis can also be performed automatically. By adopting the method of the invention, the visual basis can be provided for the data modification of the program design of the SMT production line and the key equipment in the shortest time, thus the aims of short development cycle, low cost and high production efficiency can be achieved.
Title: Method and system for designing an assembly of objects in a system of computer-aided designApplicant: Dassault Systemes (FR)Publication number: KR20110050383 (A)Publication date: 13 May 2011Purpose – A method for designing an assembly of objects in computer-support design system is provided to improve productivity of a designer through a reaped assembly of an object.
Constitution – A CAD (Computer-Aided Design) system selects a first object and a second object of an assembly. The system computes a set of relative locations between a first object and a second object of the assembly. According to one or more standards, the system determines a ranking of the relative locations of the set. According to the ranking, the system provides optimized location among the relative locations between the first object and the second object.
Title: Assembly connection method for attaching virtual parts in a computer aided design software environmentApplicant: LCDdesign Inc (USA); Corcoran David J. (USA); Li Heung-Wing (USA)Publication number: WO2010006013 (A2)Publication date: 14 January 2010
Abstract: A method and apparatus that allows the user of a computer-aided design (CAD) system to connect three-dimensional parts to create a three-dimensional assembly, using connections that completely define the attachment between the parts attached to each other by that connection. The user can simultaneously define the orientations of the parts and their behavior. “Behavior” includes whether parts are rigidly connected or allowed to move relative to one and other, and if allowed to move, the nature and limits on that movement. Within any movement allowed, the user may specify key discrete orientations known to be important to the function of the assembly, such as orientations that limit movement within the assembly. The connection method creates a smaller, more consistent representation of the underlying constraints of the assembly, improving the reliability, performance, and ease of use of a CAD system in which it is used.