Jabil Inc.

Gerald DeGraaf

Stephen A McSoley

Jordan DeGraaf

The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for modular manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least a device shell capable of providing at least the structure of a manufactured device, wherein the device shell comprises a plurality of receivers; a plurality of modules, each comprising a plurality of components suitable, in combination, to provide functional aspects to the manufactured device; a plurality of connectors externally associated with each of the plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of connectors are capable of being respectively received by ones of the plurality of receivers to thereby fasten each of the plurality of modules into the device shell.

Apparatus, system and method for modular manufacture

An apparatus, system and method for a manufactured cooking appliance. The apparatus, system and method may include: a generic device shell comprising at least a power supplying wire harness and a plurality of female latching points on a top and a front thereof; a folding module comprising a cooktop and, hinged to the cooktop, an oven front comprising at least an oven door fittedly associated with a frame and having a door hinge connected to the over door and passing through the frame; and a plurality of male latches associated with the folding module, including at least one male latch associated with the portion of the door hinge that passes through the frame, each capable of latching into a corresponded one of the plurality of female latching points so as to, upon the latching, form a completed one of the manufactured stove.

Apparatus, system and method for modular manufacture of cooking appliances

The disclosed apparatus, system and method may include at least the delivery of device power to a single or plurality of workstations, which may include at least one power storage unit suitable to supply power to the plurality of workstations; a plurality of control units each associated with one of the plurality of workstations, wherein each of the control units receives power from the at least one power unit, is communicatively associated with the at least one power unit, and comprises a plurality of power outputs suitable to output power from the power unit to devices associated with the respective workstation; and may include at least one ambient energy collector suitable to provide accumulated power to the at least one power unit.

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St. Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Gerald DeGraaf