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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1990
David W Duback, Glenview, IL (US);
James R Vogenthaler, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Accurate Metering Systems, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The method for constructing a panel assembly for a control unit comprises the steps of: creating a layout of the system to be controlled in a computer-aided-design system; providing in the layout circle areas for elements of the system to be illuminated to indicate a certain operating mode of the element; creating an overlay of centers for each of the circle areas in the computer-aided-design system; storing in a memory of the computer-aided-design system the layout of the system and a layout of the centers; printing a layout for an overlay of the system to be controlled to a desired scale; printing a layout of the centers to the desired scale; placing the layout of the centers adjacent an outer panel for marking centers thereon; drilling holes at the centers; placing the layout of centers over an inner panel for identifying the centers of the holes to be drilled; drilling holes in the inner panel; mounting light emitting means in the holes drilled in the inner panel; placing the overlay of the system on the outer face of the outer panel with the circle areas thereof in alignment with holes drilled through the outer panel; and storing the graphical representations of the layout of the system and the layout of the centers in the memory of the computer-aided-design system.