System Branch Routing Through Structure Openings Without Fit Errors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for integrating and installing complex systems, such as electrical systems in aircraft, are labor-intensive and costly, particularly when dealing with space constraints and incompatible termination device diameters, leading to inefficient installation sequences and potential fit issues.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for determining an optimal installation sequence by comparing termination diameters to penetration opening diameters, iteratively decrementing the penetration diameter to accommodate system branches, and generating error signals for incorrect fits, ensuring all terminations are properly routed through penetrations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual analysis and planning of installation sequences is performed, then installation accuracy can be ensured, but engineering investigation time and labor costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical analysis with an automated computer-based system that uses algorithms to determine optimal installation sequences. The system automatically processes product schematics, identifies penetrations, calculates termination device diameters, and generates installation sequences without manual intervention, thereby reducing engineering investigation time while maintaining accuracy through systematic computational analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically performing the entire installation sequence planning process without requiring external expert analysis. The computer system independently retrieves product data, performs diameter calculations, identifies routing conflicts, and generates optimized installation sequences, making the process self-sufficient and eliminating labor-intensive manual planning.
2Reliability
If iterative diameter comparison and decrementing process is implemented, then routing compatibility is ensured, but computational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating all termination device diameters and penetration dimensions before generating the installation sequence. The computer system retrieves all necessary dimensional data in advance, performs iterative diameter comparisons and decrementing calculations for all components, and identifies potential routing conflicts before final sequence determination, thereby ensuring routing compatibility while managing computational complexity through structured preprocessing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies segmentation by breaking down the complex routing problem into discrete manageable steps: retrieving individual penetration data, calculating individual termination device diameters, performing pairwise diameter comparisons, and iteratively decrementing penetration diameters. This segmented approach divides the overall computational task into smaller sub-tasks that can be systematically processed, reducing overall computational complexity while ensuring thorough routing compatibility verification.
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AI summary
Determining an installation sequence for a system assembly comprising a number of system branches attached to respective terminations is provided. The method comprising receiving schematics for a product into which the system assembly is to be installed, wherein the product comprises a number of openings. A largest termination in the assembly is compared the diameter of an opening through which it is to be routed. If the termination diameter is larger than the opening, an error is generated. If the termination is smaller opening, the diameter of the opening is decremented by a diameter of the system branch attached to termination. The steps are iteratively repeated for the next largest termination in the assembly until an error signal is generated for a termination or all terminations in the system assembly intended to pass through the opening are added as steps in the installation sequence.