公开(公告)号：US20070239299A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-11

申请号：US11278817

申请日：2006-04-06

申请人： Robert Milne ,  Robert Orzell ,  Chi-Tai Wang

发明人： Robert Milne ,  Robert Orzell ,  Chi-Tai Wang

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/087

摘要： A production planning method inputs demands for products. The demands have multiple due dates, and the multiple due dates have different priorities. The method performs an explosion process utilizing linear programming and heuristics to identify demands for components that are used to make the products (the explosion process maintains the multiple due dates and corresponding priorities for the components) and performs an implosion process utilizing linear programming and heuristics to assign resources to the components considering the multiple due dates and corresponding priorities.

摘要翻译： 生产计划方法输入对产品的需求。 需求有多个到期日，多个到期日期有不同的优先顺序。 该方法使用线性规划和启发式方法来执行爆炸过程，以识别用于制造产品的组件的需求（爆炸过程保持组件的多个到期日期和相应的优先级），并使用线性规划和启发式进行内爆过程 考虑多个到期日期和相应的优先级，为组件分配资源。

公开(公告)号：US20050171786A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-04

申请号：US10707972

申请日：2004-01-29

申请人： Brian Denton ,  Robert Milne ,  Chi-Tai Wang

发明人： Brian Denton ,  Robert Milne ,  Chi-Tai Wang

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/06315

摘要： The invention disclosed comprises a method for encouraging fair sharing of limited material inventory and capacity between multiple customers when creating a production plan. the invention allocates resources among competing demands in a linear programming production planning system by first classifying the demands into fair share sets, wherein all demands within each set have the same priority, calculating the cumulative demand for each resource within each set, and then allocating the resources to the demands in order of fair share set priority. If, during the allocating process, the supply of a given resource cannot satisfy a given cumulative demand of a given set, the given resource is allocated proportionally (e.g., evenly or according to usage proportions) among all demands that contribute to the given cumulative demand within the given set. This is an advanced planning system for optimizing established planning objectives (e.g., customer service, short lead times, low inventory, and prioritized allocation of supply and capacity) to compute a feasible production plan for the enterprise.

摘要翻译： 所公开的发明包括在创建生产计划时鼓励在多个客户之间公平共享有限材料库存和容量的方法。 本发明通过首先将需求分类为公平共享集合，在线性规划生产计划系统中的竞争需求中分配资源，其中每个集合内的所有需求具有相同的优先级，计算每个集合内的每个资源的累积需求，然后分配 资源按要求按照公平分配优先顺序排列。 如果在分配过程中，给定资源的供给不能满足给定集合的给定累积需求，则给定资源按比例（例如，均匀地或根据使用比例）在有助于给定累积需求的所有需求中分配 在给定的集合。 这是一个先进的规划系统，用于优化既定的规划目标（例如，客户服务，交货期短，库存低，供应和容量优先分配），以计算企业的可行生产计划。

公开(公告)号：US20050171825A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-04

申请号：US10707974

申请日：2004-01-29

申请人： Brian Denton ,  Robert Milne ,  Robert Orzell

发明人： Brian Denton ,  Robert Milne ,  Robert Orzell

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q10/06312 ,  G06Q10/06314 ,  G06Q10/06315 ,  G06Q30/06

摘要： The invention provides a method of rescheduling timing of when items on purchase orders are scheduled to be received in a linear programming production planning system. This methodology performs a pre-processing rescheduling of the timing of purchase order receipts into the earliest time period allowable in a pre-processing step. After this pre-processing, the invention solves the core production planning system equations using the rescheduled purchase order receipts. Then, the invention performs post-processing rescheduling, which sorts the purchase order receipts according to rescheduling flexibility, and subsequently sequentially reschedules the timing of each of the purchase order receipts in the order established by the sorting process. This process of sequentially rescheduling reschedules the timing of purchase order receipts into the latest time period allowable.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种重新安排在线性规划生产计划系统中调度在采购订单上的物品被接收的时间的方法。 该方法对购买订单收据的定时进行预处理重新安排到预处理步骤中允许的最早时间段。 在这种预处理之后，本发明使用重新安排的采购订单收据来解决核心生产计划系统方程式。 然后，本发明执行后处理重新安排，其根据重新安排的灵活性对采购订单收据进行排序，然后按照分类处理建立的顺序顺序重新安排每个采购单收货的定时。 该顺序重新安排的过程将购买订单收据的时间安排到允许的最新时间段内。

公开(公告)号：US20050171625A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-04

申请号：US10707976

申请日：2004-01-29

申请人： Brian Denton ,  Robert Milne ,  Robert Orzell ,  Satyadeep Vajjala ,  Jacqueline Ward

发明人： Brian Denton ,  Robert Milne ,  Robert Orzell ,  Satyadeep Vajjala ,  Jacqueline Ward

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q30/00

摘要： The invention provides a method and system for determining a production plan that includes a first step that determines the minimum number of manufacturing starts that are required to meet contractual obligations; and a second step which determines a production plan satisfying the minimum manufacturing starts together with other customer demands. More specifically, the invention presents a method of allocating production starts (e.g., wafer starts) in a manufacturing facility (e.g., wafer foundry) using a linear programming production planning system which performs a first stage of linear programming to satisfy only contractually mandated minimum production starts constraints followed by a second stage of linear programming to satisfy the additional constraints, once the minimum starts constraints are satisfied.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于确定生产计划的方法和系统，其包括确定满足合同义务所需的制造开始的最小数量的第一步骤; 并且确定满足最小制造的生产计划的第二步骤与其他客户需求一起开始。 更具体地，本发明提出了一种使用线性规划生产计划系统在制造设施（例如，晶圆代工厂）中分配生产开始（例如，晶片启动）的方法，线性规划生产计划系统执行线性规划的第一阶段以仅满足合同规定的最小生产 一旦满足最小启动约束，则开始约束，随后是线性规划的第二阶段以满足附加约束。

公开(公告)号：US20070239297A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-11

申请号：US11278819

申请日：2006-04-06

申请人： Alfred Degbotse ,  Robert Milne ,  Robert Orzell

发明人： Alfred Degbotse ,  Robert Milne ,  Robert Orzell

IPC分类号： G06F19/00 ,  G07G1/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q10/087

摘要： The invention disclosed here is a method for achieving simultaneous consideration of multiple independent dates associated with a single demand. The method iterates through the demands to match the demands with the supply quantities respecting demand priorities which vary over time and demand quantities which may perish over time. One embodiment of the invention allocates demand to supply through an iterative process beginning with earlier demand requirement dates and concluding with later demands which may preempt supply from earlier demands depending upon their relative priorities. An additional embodiment transforms the demands to create multiple demand records, each having an associated priority, such that a single original demand record is transformed into a plurality of related demand records, each having an associated priority. The component supply quantities are accumulated into period ending inventories. The method matches the multiple demand records (in priority sequence) to the period ending inventories.

摘要翻译： 这里公开的发明是用于实现与单个需求相关联的多个独立日期的同时考虑的方法。 该方法迭代了需求，以满足需求优先级的供应量和随时间变化的需求量以及可能随时间而灭亡的需求量。 本发明的一个实施例通过从先前的需求要求日期开始的迭代过程来分配需求，并且以随后的需求结束，这些需求可以根据其相对优先级抢先提供更多需求。 另外的实施例转换需求以创建多个需求记录，每个需求记录具有相关联的优先级，使得单个原始需求记录被转换成多个相关需求记录，每个相关需求记录具有相关联的优先级。 部件供应量累计到期末存货。 该方法将多个需求记录（优先顺序）与结束库存期间相匹配。

公开(公告)号：US09945164B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US14938668

申请日：2015-11-11

申请人： Donald M. Perkins ,  Ian Dow ,  Robert Milne ,  Francisco Vazquez ,  Eduardo Estrada ,  Carlos Tostado

发明人： Donald M. Perkins ,  Ian Dow ,  Robert Milne ,  Francisco Vazquez ,  Eduardo Estrada ,  Carlos Tostado

IPC分类号： E05C19/10 ,  E05C19/12 ,  E05B77/06 ,  E05B77/12 ,  E05B81/28 ,  E05B81/06 ,  E05B81/34 ,  E05B81/40 ,  E05B81/90

CPC分类号： E05C19/12 ,  E05B77/06 ,  E05B77/12 ,  E05B81/06 ,  E05B81/28 ,  E05B81/34 ,  E05B81/40 ,  E05B81/90 ,  Y10T29/49826 ,  Y10T292/0946 ,  Y10T292/0949

摘要： A vehicle door latch assembly is disclosed herein, having: a fork bolt movably secured to the latch assembly; a detent lever movably secured to the latch assembly, the detent lever being capable of movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the detent lever retains the fork bolt in a latched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position and an engagement surface of the detent lever contacts an engagement surface of the fork bolt; an inertia block out assembly for preventing the detent lever from moving into the disengaged position when the inertia block out assembly is in a blocking position; and a manual override mechanism for the inertia block out assembly, wherein the manual override mechanism requires at least three independent actions to be performed to move the inertia block out assembly from the blocking position to an unblocking position.

公开(公告)号：US08480601B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-09

申请号：US12009015

申请日：2008-01-15

申请人： Robert Milne ,  Walter J. Spawr

发明人： Robert Milne ,  Walter J. Spawr

IPC分类号： A61H1/00

摘要： A therapeutic device for relieving pain and providing a curative healing effect includes a motor for rotating at least one magnet to generate a magnetic field, micro-vibrations and audible acoustic tones. A shaft couples the at least one magnet to the motor. In one embodiment, the at least one magnet is coupled to the shaft in an offset configuration with respect to a centerline of the shaft thereby generating micro-vibrations in the form of oscillating inertial loads. The therapeutic device includes a light source for generating a photonic light field in an optical light spectrum.

公开(公告)号：US20080214968A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-04

申请号：US12009015

申请日：2008-01-15

申请人： Robert Milne ,  Walter J. Spawr

发明人： Robert Milne ,  Walter J. Spawr

IPC分类号： A61H1/00

CPC分类号： A61H23/0263 ,  A61H7/001 ,  A61H15/0092 ,  A61H23/0236 ,  A61H2201/10 ,  A61H2201/501 ,  A61H2201/5043 ,  A61H2201/5097 ,  A61N2/00 ,  A61N2005/0644 ,  A61N2005/0651

摘要： A therapeutic device for relieving pain and providing a curative healing effect includes a motor for rotating at least one magnet to generate a magnetic field, micro-vibrations and audible acoustic tones. A shaft couples the at least one magnet to the motor. In one embodiment, the at least one magnet is coupled to the shaft in an offset configuration with respect to a centerline of the shaft thereby generating micro-vibrations in the form of oscillating inertial loads. The therapeutic device includes a light source for generating a photonic light field in an optical light spectrum.

摘要翻译： 用于缓解疼痛并提供治愈疗效的治疗装置包括用于旋转至少一个磁体以产生磁场，微振动和可听声音的马达。 轴将至少一个磁体联接到电动机。 在一个实施例中，至少一个磁体以相对于轴的中心线的偏移构造联接到轴，从而产生振动惯性载荷形式的微振动。 治疗装置包括用于在光学光谱中产生光子光场的光源。

公开(公告)号：US20050096771A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-05

申请号：US10605854

申请日：2003-10-31

申请人： Brian Denton ,  John Forrest ,  Robert Milne

发明人： Brian Denton ,  John Forrest ,  Robert Milne

IPC分类号： G06F19/00 ,  G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q10/06

摘要： Allocating limited manufacturing resources to achieve a feasible production plan that is consistent with customer demand is a difficult and common problem faced in many manufacturing industries. For large-scale multi-stage manufacturing systems, existing methods are typically based either on allocating limited resources sequentially, according to a priority ranked list of production starts, or on linear programming based models. The output of such planning models is a production plan which specifies the quantity of each part to produce at each plant, using resources available to the enterprise. Typically there are lot-sizing rules defining the permissible production start quantities. The invention disclosed herein is a method for applying these rules to the lot-sizing of production starts within a linear program. It employs advanced heuristics that consider both established operational objectives (e.g. customer service, short lead times, low inventory, and prioritized allocation of supply and capacity) and lot-size rules to efficiently compute a feasible production plan for the division.

摘要翻译： 分配有限的制造资源，实现符合客户需求的可行的生产计划是许多制造业面临的一个困难和常见的问题。 对于大型多级制造系统，现有方法通常基于依次分配有限资源，根据优先排序的生产启动列表，或基于线性规划的模型。 这种规划模型的产出是一个生产计划，其中规定了每个工厂生产的每个部件的数量，使用企业可用的资源。 通常，定义许可生产开始数量的批量规则。 本文公开的发明是一种将这些规则应用于在线性程序内的生产开始批量生产的方法。 它采用先进的启发式方法，考虑既定的经营目标（例如客户服务，交货时间短，库存量低，供应和容量优先分配）和批量规则，以有效地计算出该部门的可行生产计划。

公开(公告)号：US09603681B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-28

申请号：US14551351

申请日：2014-11-24

申请人： Robert Milne

发明人： Robert Milne

IPC分类号： A61C8/00 ,  A61C3/16

CPC分类号： A61C8/0081 ,  A61C3/16 ,  A61C8/0062 ,  A61C8/0068

摘要： Dental implant systems for releasable attachment of dental prostheses are shown and described. Each of the dental implant systems includes an implant body, a prosthesis body, and an abutment body with a locking device. The locking device includes a magnetically attractable member having a first end coupled to a spring and a second end. The magnetically attractable member is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The dental implant system further includes a void configured to receive the second end, the magnetically attractable member being at least partially disposed within the void in the locked position, the magnetically attractable member being free of the void in the unlocked position.