Patents by Inventor Robert Gerard Wilhelm

Robert Gerard Wilhelm 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).

  • Method and system for optimizing manufacture of parts
    Patent number: 7177713
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system comprised of a combination of submethods and subsystems relating to the manufacture of parts. By these submethods and subsystems, the present invention discloses using part data, machine data, and tool data to create a recipe for the production of a part. Also included in the recipe is an optimal combination of machine and tooling derived from a database of machine and tooling performance measurements. Further included in the recipe are a process plan and production settings. A party can select or create a vendor by using the recipe and a database of vendor information. Also disclosed by the present invention is monitoring of the machining setup and production to ensure manufacture of the part according to the recipe. The present invention can be implemented in numerous methods and systems, including sales of the recipe and licensing of the part production according to the recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Inventors: Kevin Scott Smith, Robert Gerard Wilhelm
  • Method and system for manufacture of parts
    Publication number: 20030163212
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system comprised of a combination of submethods and subsystems relating to the manufacture of parts. By these submethods and subsystems, the present invention discloses using part data, machine data, and tool data to create a recipe for the production of a part. Also included in the recipe is an optimal combination of machine and tooling derived from a database of machine and tooling performance measurements. Further included in the recipe are a process plan and production settings. A party can select or create a vendor by using the recipe and a database of vendor information. Also disclosed by the present invention is monitoring of the machining setup and production to ensure manufacture of the part according to the recipe. The present invention can be implemented in numerous methods and systems, including sales of the recipe and licensing of the part production according to the recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin Scott Smith, Robert Gerard Wilhelm