Patents by Inventor John H. Sanders
John H. Sanders has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7062893Abstract: A build cell is utilized to manufacture computers and load data into the computers according to customer orders. The build cell may include a build station at which components are assembled into a computer and a first network connection that links the computer with an on-site server. The build cell may also include a supplemental network connection that links the computer with an off-site server. Data from the on-site and off-site servers can be transferred to the computer via the first network connection and the supplemental network connection, respectively. Manufacturing facilities and assembly units including the same or similar functionality are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Stephen H. Lawton, John H. Sanders, Mark D. Brown, Kristin E. Toth
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Patent number: 6892104Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2001Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Satish Y. Patil, Mark D. Brown, Michael T. Graham, John H. Sanders, C. Michael Cunningham
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Patent number: 6832435Abstract: A manufacturing facility for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a kitting facility at which components are collected for a product in a customer order. The manufacturing facility also includes a build cell in which the component are assembled, configured, and tested according to the customer order to form a product. The manufacturing facility also includes a boxing facility at which the product is packaged. A transportation system transports the two or more components from the kitting facility to the build cell and transports the product to the boxing facility, whereby the product is assembled, configured, and tested in the build cell and packaged at the boxing facility.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2003Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: John H. Sanders, C. Michael Cunningham, Satish Y. Patil, Mark D. Brown, Michael T. Graham
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Patent number: 6711798Abstract: A manufacturing facility for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a kitting facility at which components are collected for a product in a customer order. The manufacturing facility also includes a build cell in which the component are assembled, configured, and tested according to the customer order to form a product. The manufacturing facility also includes a boxing facility at which the product is packaged. A transportation system transports the two or more components from the kitting facility to the build cell and transports the product to the boxing facility, whereby the product is assembled, configured, and tested in the build cell and packaged at the boxing facility.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2001Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: John H. Sanders, C. Michael Cunningham, Satish Y. Patil, Mark D. Brown, Michael T. Graham
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Publication number: 20040010336Abstract: A build cell is utilized to manufacture computers and load data into the computers according to customer orders. The build cell may include a build station at which components are assembled into a computer and a first network connection that links the computer with an on-site server. The build cell may also include a supplemental network connection that links the computer with an off-site server. Data from the on-site and off-site servers can be transferred to the computer via the first network connection and the supplemental network connection, respectively. Manufacturing facilities and assembly units including the same or similar functionality are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Stephen H. Lawton, John H. Sanders, Mark D. Brown, Kristin E. Toth
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Publication number: 20030208902Abstract: A manufacturing facility for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a kitting facility at which components are collected for a product in a customer order. The manufacturing facility also includes a build cell in which the component are assembled, configured, and tested according to the customer order to form a product. The manufacturing facility also includes a boxing facility at which the product is packaged. A transportation system transports the two or more components from the kitting facility to the build cell and transports the product to the boxing facility, whereby the product is assembled, configured, and tested in the build cell and packaged at the boxing facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: John H. Sanders, C. Michael Cunningham, Satish Y. Patil, Mark D. Brown, Michael T. Graham
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Patent number: 6631606Abstract: A build cell is utilized to manufacture computers and load data into the computers according to customer orders. The build cell may include a build station at which components are assembled into a computer and a first network connection that links the computer with an on-site server. The build cell may also include a supplemental network connection that links the computer with an off-site server. Data from the on-site and off-site servers can be transferred to the computer via the first network connection and the supplemental network connection, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Stephen H. Lawton, John H. Sanders, Mark D. Brown, Kristin E. Toth
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Publication number: 20010041947Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Satish Y. Patil, Mark D. Brown, Michael T. Graham, John H. Sanders, C. M. Cunningham
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Publication number: 20010037157Abstract: A build cell is utilized to manufacture computers and load data into the computers according to customer orders. The build cell may include a build station at which components are assembled into a computer and a first network connection that links the computer with an on-site server. The build cell may also include a supplemental network connection that links the computer with an off-site server. Data from the on-site and off-site servers can be transferred to the computer via the first network connection and the supplemental network connection, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Stephen H. Lawton, John H. Sanders, Mark D. Brown, Kristin E. Toth
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Publication number: 20010016787Abstract: A manufacturing facility for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a kitting facility at which components are collected for a product in a customer order. The manufacturing facility also includes a build cell in which the component are assembled, configured, and tested according to the customer order to form a product. The manufacturing facility also includes a boxing facility at which the product is packaged. A transportation system transports the two or more components from the kitting facility to the build cell and transports the product to the boxing facility, whereby the product is assembled, configured, and tested in the build cell and packaged at the boxing facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2001Publication date: August 23, 2001Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: John H. Sanders, C. M. Cunningham, Satish Y. Patil, Mark D. Brown
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Patent number: 4835056Abstract: A conductive fiber is made by an electroless plating process which is used in conjunction with a wet spinning process. The polymer must be catalyzed before the wet gel is collapsed. The resulting filament has a conductive region which is at least partially coincident with the polymer structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1987Date of Patent: May 30, 1989Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: John H. Sanders, Louis D. Hoblit, Joe A. Mann
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Patent number: 4716055Abstract: A conductive fiber is made by an electroless plating process which is used in conjunction with a wet spinning process. The polymer must be catalyzed before the wet gel is collapsed. The resulting filament has a conductive region which is at least partially coincident with the polymer structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1985Date of Patent: December 29, 1987Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: John H. Sanders, Louis D. Hoblit, Joe A. Mann
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Patent number: 4704311Abstract: This process for making antistatic filaments utilizes a specific mixture of compounds in order to suffuse electrically conductive particles into a filamentary polymeric substrate by forwarding the substrate through a grooved roll-type mix applicator. The mixture comprises a dispersion of the electrically conductive particles in liquid solvent which is a mixture of formic acid and a member selected from the group consisting of an amide, a carboxylic acid other than formic acid, an alcohol, an ester, a ketone, an ether, and a hydrocarbon. The process provides advantages over the prior art in permitting the use of high processing speeds, enabling easy stringup, and allowing the use of knotty and/or slubby filamentary substrates.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1985Date of Patent: November 3, 1987Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Trevor P. Pickering, George A. Paton, James A. Gusack, Thomas E. Smith, John H. Sanders, Sterling M. Nichols, Johnson L. Pursoo, John W. Lindsay, William E. Streetman
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Patent number: 4369549Abstract: A method and apparatus for blending a "primary staple" with a "secondary staple" wherein the weight ratio of the primary staple to the secondary staple is between 10,000:1 and 10:1 is disclosed. The secondary staple is continuously supplied to a blending machine (already working a primary staple) by drafting a textile roving. The drawn roving is then disintegrated into the secondary staple by an air flow amplifier. The air flow amplifier also supplies an air flow to transport the secondary staple to a blending machine, where it is blended into the primary staple.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1980Date of Patent: January 25, 1983Assignee: Badische CorporationInventor: John H. Sanders
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Patent number: 4307144Abstract: Static-dissipating fabric constructions especially suitable as upholstery material comprise a dielectric wear surface, which is a durable film or sheet of polymeric material such as polyvinyl chloride or polyurethane, and a conductive substratum securely bonded to the underside of the wear surface. The substratum has a surface resistance of 10.sup.9 ohms/square or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1978Date of Patent: December 22, 1981Assignee: Badische CorporationInventors: John H. Sanders, Galen E. Chambers, James A. Gusack
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Patent number: 4255487Abstract: Finely divided, electrically conductive particles are uniformly suffused into a filamentary polymer substrate in an annular region located at the periphery of the filamentary polymer substrate and extending along the length thereof. The electrically conductive particles are employed in an amount sufficient to render the electrical resistance of the filamentary polymer substrate not more than about 10.sup.9 ohms/cm. The filamentary polymer substrate finds special utility in the fabrication of antistatic fabrics and floor coverings.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1977Date of Patent: March 10, 1981Assignee: Badische CorporationInventor: John H. Sanders
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Patent number: 4045949Abstract: The invention is an integral, electrically-conductive textile filament comprising from 2 to about 1000 electrically-conducting, longitudinally-directed strata of fiber-forming polymeric material, and one non-conducting stratum of the same polymeric material in coextensive union with each electrically-conducting stratum along the length of at least one of its major surfaces. Each electrically-conducting stratum of polymeric material has dispersed therein finely-divided particles of electrically-conductive carbon black. The electrical resistance of the integral filament is not more than about 10.sup.9 ohms/cm.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1976Date of Patent: September 6, 1977Assignee: Dow Badische CompanyInventors: George A. Paton, Sterling M. Nichols, John H. Sanders
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Patent number: D650148Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Inventors: John H. Sanders, Norma Jean Holman