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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:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Satish Y. Patil, Austin, TX (US);
Mark D. Brown, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Michael T. Graham, Austin, TX (US);
John H. Sanders, Austin, TX (US);
C. Michael Cunningham, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Satish Y. Patil, Austin, TX (US);
Mark D. Brown, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Michael T. Graham, Austin, TX (US);
John H. Sanders, Austin, TX (US);
C. Michael Cunningham, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A build cell for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a build station at which components are assembled according to a customer order to form an assembled product. The build cell also includes a burn station at which the assembled product is configured and tested to form a configured product. In addition, the build cell includes a finishing station at which the configured product is inspected to produce a finished product. A transportation device transports the finished product from the build cell to a transportation system for delivery to a boxing facility, such that the product is assembled, configured, tested, and inspected in the build cell and packaged at the boxing facility. In an illustrative embodiment, the product is a computer, the components include hardware components, which are assembled at the build station, and software is installed at the burn station.