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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:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry L Carver, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Charles E Zamzow, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Donald D Mladenoff, Alta Loma, CA (US);
Glenn A Lovrien, Bellflower, CA (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36457101 ; 364191 ; 364522 ; 364425 ; 36447424 ;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an article includes constructing a definition of the article in a computer memory and further defining in the computer memory from the definition of the article, a plurality of tools for forming component parts of the article. The definition of the plurality of tools is downloaded to a tool forming device which is then operated to form the plurality of tools. The component parts of the article are then formed utilizing the plurality of tools.