Process for structuring and managing the configuration of industrial products, and particularly aircraft

a technology applied in the field of process for structuring and managing the configuration of industrial products, can solve the problems of not revealing the interactive and dynamic use of these data

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-07-29
AIRBUS SAS
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But it does not disclose interactive and dynamic use of these data during the exercise to define the product with a customer.

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OF THE PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION

[0102] FIG. 2 shows such an example of use of the process according to the invention. Starting from an open fleet 30, and the configuration 31 of an aircraft is made by making EPAC / TDU selections 32 by using specific requests to trace additional requests of the customer 33, doing a global configuration of the cabin and the IFE 34 and by setting parameters for TDU objects 35. This is followed by an ACC communication 36 with officialization of the contract definition and production of documentation 38.

[0103] These different phases will be analyzed below.

[0104] Selection (32) of EPAC / TDU Technical Objects

[0105] The following steps take place during this phase:

[0106] the original configuration screen displays all available EPAC technical objects proposed for the fleet considered by the ATA breakdown;

[0107] an EPAC technical object (function) is selected followed by a TDU technical object (to indicate the selected solution);

[0108] each TDU technic...

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Abstract

This invention relates to a process for structuring and managing the configuration of an industrial product using processing means comprising at least one processor, a memory, data input means and a display screen, in which: a set of technical objects is described, each technical object either representing a product function (EPAC), or describing an implementation method (TDU) for such a product function, in order to achieve a configuration of this product; a database is updated to specify the definition of each technical object and its inter-relations with other objects in the configuration, by an expression of rules and constraints; this database is used interactively and dynamically through a selection of options.

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TECHNICAL DOMAIN[0001] This invention relates to a process for structuring and managing the configuration of industrial products, and particularly aircraft.STATE OF THE ART[0002] A patent application according to known art, EP-0 899 672, discloses a computer-aided process for structuring data concerning the configuration of products, for example aircraft, and to configure these products. This process is used to collect, structure and display this type of data and to use them to produce a computer program that validates product option selections and configures such a product. When product data objects are selected, an operator is invited to enter the specific data belonging to the selected object. Constraints limit selections that the operator can make, the appearance of these objects, and configurations that may be produced from the selected objects. Data belonging to the selected objects and their configurations are stored in a database. Changes may be made directly in the data sto...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/00G06Q10/06
CPCG06Q10/06
Inventor ARNAUD, FRANCOISESCOTTO D'APPOLONIA, ANTOINE
Owner AIRBUS SAS
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