8214 results about "Assembly line" patented technology

A battery transfer and charging system for electric vehicles is described. A station removes one or more spent batteries of electric vehicles having multiple batteries. The receiving system includes an engagement device for engaging with engagement structures of the batteries, in order to assist the removal of spent batteries. Spent batteries removed from vehicles may be tested and charged as they progress through the system in an assembly-line fashion. Following recharge, batteries may be transferred to the displacement station for installation within later vehicles. Batteries which cannot adequately be recharged can be automatically removed from the system.

The present invention relates to a process for producing an opaque, transparent or translucent transaction card having multiple features, such as a holographic foil, integrated circuit chip, silver magnetic stripe with text on the magnetic stripe, opacity gradient, an invisible optically recognizable compound, a translucent signature field such that the signature on back of the card is visible from the front of the card and an active thru date on the front of the card. The invisible optically recognizable compound is an infrared ink and/or film, which can be detected by a sensor found in an ATM or card assembly line.

A method and system for custom building a toy vehicle inside a store. A child makes design choices at a computer terminal inside the store that employs design software relating to a design of a toy car, the design software permitting design choices that trigger an ordering of components and an assembly of the toy car that simulates a real car assembly, the assembly commencing while the child interacts with the software and being completed within approximately a half hour of a first design choice. The assembly line located inside the store allows the child to dramatically see assembly of components and permits participating in the assembly by moving assembly objects to make design choices at component installation points. Design choices include style, model, color, front and rear ends, lights, doors, hood, height, wheels, engine, muffler, interior, spoiler, name and logo, and attachments.

A system for the representation, editing, evaluation, and inference of graphical models is disclosed which can be used to construct and evaluate a graphical model or graphical network and to calculate inference values. An efficient method of updating graphical models is demonstrated, and provides the basis for an improved system for manipulation and evaluation of probabilistic models. The graphical network editor is useful in the construction of graphical modes such as Bayesian Networks. The graphical network and network graphical user interface (GUI) are used in conjunction with each other to model a system wherein failure probabilities and the current state of components are taken into account to monitor the health and progress of a system for an engineer or engineering software to evaluate and monitor. The evaluation is useful in the monitoring of assets and other real systems having multiple, dependent, and independently operating components such as a pump, a manufacturing plant, a production line, an assembly line, where asset health and quality control is a concern. The asset components each influencing some overall outcome of a system or situation. Success or failure or probability of success, probability of failure and health of the system can be monitored and manipulated by altering the values of prior probability and posterior probability values. Failure correlation between components can be evaluated wherein failure rates of asset is unknown. Production and quality can be monitored and altered.

This invention encompasses an apparatus and methods which enable the testing of fingerprint readers in an automated fashion. A test object representative of a fingerprint can be created from an electrically conducive silicone material. Due to the properties of this material, the same test object can be read by fingerprint sensors of various types. Once the test object is generated, it can be affixed to an automated apparatus thus allowing tests to be conducted in closed chambers, on an assembly line, or under other conditions that would be impossible or impractical were human fingers to be used.

The invention relates to a method, system and computer program useful for producing a product, such as a microelectronic device, for example in an assembly line, where the production facility includes parallel production of assembly lines of products on identically configured chambers, tools and/or modules. Control is provided between such chambers. Behaviors of a batch of wafers (or of each wafer) are collected as the first batch (or each wafer) is processed by one of the identically configured chambers in one assembly line to produce the microelectronic device. The information relating to the behavior is shared with a controller of another one (or more) of the identically configured chambers, process tools and/or modules, to provide an adjustment of the process tool and thereby to produce a second batch (or next wafer) which is substantially identical, within tolerance, to the first batch (or wafer).

A method of designing a manufacturing process line. A process is identified as a set of discrete steps. A subset of steps is assigned to one of a plurality of standardized work cells. The work cells include a standardized workpiece presenter and a standardized processing tool. Additional subsets of discrete steps are assigned to a standardized work cell until the design for the manufacturing process is completed.

The invention provides an OpenFlow network system and method for enhancing programmable capability. Two assembling devices of the system are expanded respectively, for a network controller, a protocol analysis and configuration module, a data packet processing and programming module, a queue resource allocating module and a link-layer protocol allocating module are added, and an interchanger is additionally provided with four modules which are a protocol analysis module, a data packet processing assembly line module, an output queue module and a link-layer protocol analysis module and respectively correspond to the four modules additionally arranged for the network controller. Through cooperation of the four sets of corresponding modules, the OpenFlow network system can deploy a plurality of heterogeneous networks to achieve data forwarding independent to protocols, and network programmability is enhanced. According to the OpenFlow network system and method, different heterogeneous networks which are of different systematic structures, have an independent addressing function, routes, and related network protocol execution functions are deployed in the OpenFlow network system, software defining capacity and software defining category in an existing SDN are substantially improved, and programmability of the whole SDN is obviously improved.

A bar code (10) has primary information (46, 48, 50, 51) encoded in one direction (e.g., horizontally) and secondary information (13, 21, 36) encoded in another direction (e.g., vertically) in single (11) or multiple tracks (35) in selected ones of the vertical bars (11) of a bar code (10). Using a non-linear, variable amplitude scanner, all of the bars are scanned in the one direction to obtain all of the primary information and all of those vertical bars having secondary information are scanned in the other direction to obtain all of the secondary information. The one direction which is perpendicular to the vertical bars (11), is determined by first rotating the scan path axis (86, 87) until both start (46) and end (48) code bars are read thereby placing the scan path entirely within the total bar code, and, then, further rotating the scan path (88, 89) to determine the direction of the minimum crossing width (Lsc 80) of the total bar code (10). Secondary information is scanned in planes orthogonal to the one direction after those vertical bars (11) having such information are first identified and selected. In a preferred embodiment, the decoded secondary information may be used to control selected station process operations for selected products in a continuous manufacturing assembly line.

A single piece pulsed flow wing assembly method providing for horizontal wing manufacture is accomplished using synchronized automated vehicles guided in a predetermined manner to move and, locate wing structure in a plurality of assembly positions. Multi-axis assembly positioning systems (MAPS) are used at each assembly position to support and index components in the wing structure and determinant assembly techniques are used for indexing of the components. Modular automated manufacturing processes employing magnetic assembly clamping, drilling, fastener insertion, and sealant application are employed.

The invention provides a high-performance low-power-consumption embedded processor based on command dual-transmission, comprising a command fetching unit, a two-way decoding unit, a transmitting unit, a command dispatch execution control unit, a command executing unit and a loading/storing unit; wherein the command fetching unit is used for pre-fetching two commands in a single clock cycle and sending the commands into an assembly line; the two-way decoding unit is used for parallelly decoding the two commands in the single clock cycle; the transmitting unit is used for parallelly transmitting the two commands in the single clock cycle; the command dispatch execution control unit is used for dynamically adjusting the command dispatch according to the computing load and controlling execution according to an out-of-order execution mechanism; the command executing unit is used for computing the results of the commands; and the loading/storing unit is used for ensuring that when the commands are absent, sequent commands can successfully occupy the assembly line and visit the data memory on the disc and the data memory outside the disc. The invention can improve the performance of the embedded processor and reduce the cost under the precondition of low power consumption.

The present invention relates to a process for producing an transparent or translucent transaction card having multiple features, such as a holographic foil, integrated circuit chip, RFID circuitry, silver magnetic stripe with text on the magnetic stripe, opacity gradient, an invisible optically recognizable compound, a translucent signature field such that the RFID circuitry and signature on back of the card is visible from the front of the card and an active thru date on the front of the card. The invisible optically recognizable compound is an infrared ink and/or film, which can be detected by a sensor found in an ATM or card assembly line.

Disclosed is a pull-type vehicle assembly line control system and method in which a production plan for a final assembly process, or a trim process, is established first, and, using this as a basis, a production plan for a paint process then that for a vehicle body assembly process are set up. Further, in the present invention, information on the progress for the three main assembly processes--the vehicle body assembly process, paint process, and trim process--is mutually exchanged such that a dynamic re-specification assembly process is utilized in which operational sequences for each of the process are continuously readjusted to adapt to the overall assembly process.

A wall fabrication system and method is provided. In an embodiment, an assembly line comprises one or framing stations and one or more insulation stations. The frame stations are configured to build a wall frame consisting of wall studs and a covering such as drywall. The wall studs and drywall define cavities in the frame which are to be insulated. Optionally, mechanical components such as electrical and plumbing can be installed. The wall section is then transferred to the insulation station. The insulation station is configured to fill the cavities in the wall frame with closed cell foam which is injected in flowable form into each cavity.

The invention provides a medical laboratory clinical biochemical detection automatic checking method and system. The method employs a computer software and hardware system and programs multiple checking rules to form a multiple checking rule execution module to automatically check the detection results of various biochemical immunity detection items. The detection results of the various biochemical immunity detection items cannot be sent to an automatic checking unit for automatic checking until they pass the multiple checking rules; if the detection results of the various biochemical immunity detection items cannot pass the above-mentioned checking rules, the detection results are transferred to a manual checking unit for checking; only after the detection results are checked by the manual checking unit or checked again after automatic treatment of dilution, reexamination, test item adding, unqualified sample return and the like by an assembly line can a detection report be issued; the multiple checking rules mainly include a clinical information judging rule, a sample state judging rule, an indoor quality control judging rule, an instrument state judging rule, a range judging rule, a difference judging rule, and a logical relationship judging rule. The checking rules are reasonable in design and cover the pre-analysis, analysis and post-analysis processes, thereby realizing whole-process quality control on a detection analysis process and guaranteeing the accuracy of detection results.

There are disclosed systems, computer program products, and method for monitoring electrostatic discharge (ESD) fault conditions and controlling manufacturing processes on an assembly line. In an embodiment, each ESD monitored station in an assembly line is provided with at least one ESD management device (e.g. an ESD monitoring device or ESD protection device). Predetermined ESD fault conditions may be used to automatically stop a manufacturing process at an ESD monitored station. Upon occurrence of an ESD fault condition an ESD fault notification message may be sent identifying the ESD monitored station, the nature of the ESD fault condition, and whether the manufacturing process at the ESD monitored station is stopped. The ESD fault notification message may be sent to a mobile communications device, for example, and the manufacturing process at the ESD monitored device may be controlled based on a reply received from the mobile communications device.

A method for simulating, analyzing and/or designing an automated assembly system including a plurality of resources comprises: defining at least one cell from an automated assembly line; associating an action table with each cell; calculating a duration, a success rate and a repair time for each process step using fundamental data of the resources; and associating the duration, the success rate and the repair time with each process step in each action table. The action table of a respective cell specifies all process steps that are executed in the respective cell. A system for simulating, analyzing and/or designing an automated assembly system comprises a discrete event simulator and a three-dimensional kinematic and dynamic simulator coupled with the discrete event simulator. The kinematic and dynamic simulator generates timing data for the automated assembly system that is used by the discrete event simulator. A system for determining a costed-throughput is also provided.

The invention relates to a wireless communication device that is capable of communicating using a pole antenna in a first mode and a slot antenna in a second mode. The wireless communication device contains at least one conductive tab that provide an antenna. The tab(s) form a pole antenna, and the tabs may also be attached across a slot to form a slot antenna. The wireless communication device can communicate at different frequencies using the pole antenna in a first mode and the slot antenna in a second mode. The tab(s) may be attached across a slot created in a package to form a slot antenna, or the tab(s) may be attached to a slot that is created as part of the wireless communication device to form a slot antenna. The tab(s) and/or the slot may also contain an adhesive material to attach the wireless communication device to a package, container or other material. More than one slot may be provided to form a circularly polarized antenna. The wireless communication device can be placed inside a conductive package using a slot antenna to provide unshielded communications. The wireless communication device can be further adapted to detect when the package is opened and to communicate such information. The wireless communication devices can be printed or placed on a carrier or support, such as film, to be stamped onto packages in a manufacturing facility and/or assembly line. The carrier may be a conductive material in which tabs are formed as part of the carrier before the wireless communication device is attached.

The invention belongs to the technical field of two-dimensional code identification, and provides a rapid positioning and identifying method based on two-dimensional code decoding. The method comprises the following steps: performing median filter processing on an entire image; scanning the image, judging whether or not a two-dimensional code exists in the image, and if so, acquiring a two-dimensional code regional coordinate; intercepting a two-dimensional code image; performing adaptive binarization processing; performing connected area disposal on black pixel points; screening four boundaries; converting the coordinate system of the image into the coordinate system of the two-dimensional code; projecting the two-dimensional code under a new coordinate system to obtain the directivity, real boundary length and coordinate of the two-dimensional code and the barycentric coordinates of black-white blocks; judging the gray values of the black-white blocks to obtain a two-dimensional code information matrix; and acquiring decoding information. The method can adapt to various working conditions, and has the advantages of high contrast, high interference resistance and low investment cost. Automatic positioning and identifying functions can be finished by only one set of industrial camera and light source; high working efficiency is achieved; and the production requirement of an assembly line is met to the maximum extent.

A GSM-based wireless gateway device for facilitating of Telematics and Location-Based Services using GPS via a wireless communications network and a centralized management system. The GSM-based wireless device includes dynamically configurable Virtual SIM Card, a Telematics and Location-based Services virtual client, and event profiles which allow the wireless device to be dynamically reconfigured. The wireless device is a Telematics and Location-Based Services ASIC that will allow installation on the assembly lines of vehicle manufacturers.

The invention discloses an automatic laminated sheet assembly method and system. The method comprises the steps as follows: components for forming laminated sheets in the same layer are grouped according to the structures and the shapes of the laminated sheets in the same layer in an assembly part of requiring laminated sheet assembly; the grouped components are transferred by an assembly line for laminated sheet assembly respectively; the grouped components are primarily grabbed and transferred to a positioning platform; multiple components in the same group are synchronously grabbed and are accurately positioned; the accurately positioned components in the same group are synchronously grabbed and are stacked on a laminated sheet worktable; and cyclic stack is carried out until the laminated sheet assembly is ended. The front-end feeding difficulty is lowered; multiple sheets are grabbed once; the processing efficiency is improved; relatively large processing size and model of the assembly part can be covered; the intelligent degree is high; and the automatic laminated sheet assembly method and system are especially suitable for the laminated sheet assembly of silicon steel sheets for a transformer core.

A bottle processing apparatus includes a rotary bottle vacuum transfer system and a bottle coating system. The rotary bottle vacuum transfer system takes bottles from atmospheric pressure and transfers the bottles to the bottle coating system at a sub-atmospheric pressure in a continuous assembly line fashion. In the bottle coating system, a thin film coating having barrier properties is formed on at least one surface of the bottles in a continuous assembly line fashion. After formation of the thin film coating, the rotary bottle vacuum transfer system returns the bottles from the sub-atmospheric pressure region of the bottle coating system back to atmospheric pressure in a continuous assembly line fashion.

A method for manufacturing a Final Product of a Target Software Product based on a specification for the Final Product. The method includes setting-up a software manufacturing environment constructing the Final Product by implementing a Schematic on the Assembly Line, the Schematic designating how the Target Software Product is to be manipulated by the at least one Assembly Station.

The invention discloses a system and method for processing multi-core parallel assembly line signals of a 4G broadband communication system based on a GPP. In order to meet the strict requirement for the real-time performance of the 4G communication system, the cloud computing idea is utilized, the GPP serves as a computing resource, communication data are processed by utilizing an assembly line processing mode based on the GPP, and a large volume of data and computing tasks are divided into reasonable granularities through a scheduler and are distributed to assembly lines of all levels to be processed respectively. Under the condition that hardware performance is limited, the assembly line mode can meet the requirement for the real-time performance more easily, meanwhile, the time affluence amount is led in, and large delay variation can be borne by the system. Computing resources are fully utilized through reasonable dispatching. According to the system and method for processing the 4G broadband communication system multi-core parallel assembly line signals, three kinds of assembly lines are designed totally, one assembly line is suitable for processing a large data volume and higher in reliability, another assembly line is suitable for processing a small data volume and high in speed and flexibility, and the third assembly line is a composite assembly line based on twp application scenes and with a high degree of parallelism, wherein the performance of the third assembly line is obviously improved.

Object: To prevent the lubricant that fills a bearing from leaking out, and prevent air bubbles from infiltrating the bearing, even if the open end of a bearing should be blocked off by a finger or the like in the course of assembling a hydrodynamic bearing device, etc.

Means for Solution: A hydrodynamic bearing device 4 comprises a shaft 41, a second thrust flange 41c, a sleeve 42, a radial bearing 71, and a thrust bearing 73. The second thrust flange 41c is fixed near one end of the shaft 41. A third cylindrical protrusion 42e that protrudes farther in the axial direction than the second thrust flange is fixed to or integrally machined at one end of the sleeve 42. A notch 50 that communicates between a radial inner space and a radial outer space separated by the third cylindrical protrusion 42e is provided to the third cylindrical protrusion 42e.

A process for balancing a vehicular driveline including a propeller shaft and an input shaft of a vehicle axle interconnected by a universal joint. First, the vehicle propeller shaft is balanced to a predetermined residual imbalance having an imbalance vector angle of 0° or 180° which lies inline with open set of cardan joint trunnions. The corrected residual imbalance is then visually marked. Next, the input shaft is balanced to a predetermined residual imbalance having an imbalance vector angle of 0° or 180° which lies inline with cross-holes in yoke ears. Again, the corrected residual imbalance on the input shaft is then visually marked. During the assembly of the vehicle, the assembly line operator couples the propeller shaft to the input shaft through a cardan joint cross by aligning the marks on the propeller shaft and the input shaft so that the marks are located opposite to each other.

In the inventive method for the sanitary rinsing of an animal, an assembly line is provided which includes a plurality of shackles. Each shackle includes an inventive tag which includes a machine readable unique shackle number. Once an animal is stunned and attached to a shackle the animal is moved to a weighing station, which is equipped with a tag reader, weighs the animal and transmits the weight and shackle number to a computer where the data is recorded in a database. The animal is then bled and moved to a rinsing station, which is equipped with a tag reader which reads the shackle number. The system then looks up the weight of the animal to be rinsed at that particular rinsing station and calculates the amount of solution to inject into the circulatory system of the animal. After the end of the hose and nozzle and the operator's hands are sanitized, which is verified by the system, the nozzle is inserted into an entry point into the circulatory system and the operator starts the flow of the predetermined amount of solution into the animal. If the flow is not started within a time window, the operator must re-sanitize.

A computerized prefab architect design system (CPAD) and method for the fabrication of frame-structured buildings with all functions, including an integrating device for integrating building design elements including customer acknowledged floor plans, plumbing layouts, electricity wiring layouts and structure/strength parameters into an assembly drawing; a dividing device for forming segments and layouts of wall panels, floor/ceiling panels and roof panels, layouts of roof trusses, and segments and layouts of plumbing, wiring and jointers in accordance with a segmentation rule for buildings comprising a local building specification, segmentation based on a loading size of a shipping container, strength and structural requirements of buildings, requirements for convenient on-site work and flexible assembly lines at factories; a generating device for generating a polygon stencil for components of the prefab architect based on said segments and layouts, said stencil including building frames, functional boards to be mounted onto the frames and functional accessories and appliances; and an outputting device for forming data including a list of materials, an electronic guide display, CAM files, container loading plans and assembly drawings for on-site work in accordance with requirements for the fabrication in said stencil. This invention comprises also a computer controlled fabrication system and method, with CPAD system and method included, for all-functional prefab framed buildings, an all-functional prefab framed building structure fabricated by utilizing the described system and method, and a quick method to assembly on site the described all-functional prefab framed buildings.

A low-cost, current sensor suitable for mass production and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The current sensor is small with high sensitivity and can be packaged in a standard assembly line which is normally used when an integrated circuit is manufactured. Further, it is possible to obtain a sufficient shielding effect against a disturbance flux without degrading the detecting sensitivity of a flux. A first magnetic material 50 is bonded to the lower part of a current conductor 22C. The first magnetic material 50 has the function of converging and amplifying a flux 3 generated by the current to be measured. A second magnetic material 51 is bonded above a magnetic sensor chip 20. The second magnetic material 51 has a shielding function against a disturbance flux entering from the outside.

The present invention relates to the field of automation equipment, and discloses an automatic assembly line for assembling a battery cell and a shell. The automatic assembly line comprises a shell feeding module, a shell transferring module, a cell feeding module, a cell transferring module, a entering-shell module, a welding module and a discharging module. The shell transferring module is used for movement of a shell between the shell feeding module and the entering-shell module. The cell transferring module is used for movement of a cell between the cell feeding module and the entering-shell module. The entering-shell module is used for assembling of the cell and the shell. The assembled cell and shell move to the welding module to be welded. The discharging module performs discharging operation. According to the automatic assembly line, feeding of the shell and the cell, assembling of the shell and the cell, welding of the shell and the cell, and discharging of finished products can all be performed, and the whole process is completed automatically without manual intervention, so that manpower is saved effectively, the production efficiency and the percent of pass of the products are improved, and the automatic assembly line is of positive significance to reduction of enterprise cost and improvement of enterprise production capacity.