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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2024
Applicant:

Proto Labs, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US);

Inventors:

Shuji Usui, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Jack Allan Rulander, Elk River, MN (US);

Assignee:

Proto Labs, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/40 (2006.01); B29C 45/46 (2006.01); B29C 45/76 (2006.01); G06F 30/27 (2020.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); G06F 113/22 (2020.01); G06F 119/18 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/7693 (2013.01); G06F 30/27 (2020.01); B29C 45/401 (2013.01); G06F 2113/22 (2020.01); G06F 2119/18 (2020.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for instantaneous generation of a pin placement quote in an injection molding process, the apparatus comprising at least a processor and a memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive part data related to at least a part from an entity, generate a pin placement schema as a function of the part data, provide a pin placement quote based on the pin placement schema, wherein providing the pin placement quote includes generating a projected part data by overlaying the pin placement schema onto the part data, determining a list of quote parameters, and formulating the pin placement quote by associating the list of quote parameters with the projected part data, and display the pin placement quote to the entity using a user interface at a display device.


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