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Granted Patent B2
US 12,124,249 · App. 17/461,058 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Manufacturing and development platform

Inventors: William Paul King (Champaign, IL); Dan Michael Arwine (Chicago, IL); Aaron Vincent Brenzel (Oak Park, IL); Kent Green (Chicago, IL); Clark Kampfe (Chicago, IL); Patrick McCusker (Chicago, IL); John William Nanry (Chicago, IL); Max Newberger (Chicago, IL); David Pick (Chicago, IL); Gustavo Pinto (Parkland, FL); Louis William Rassey (Chicago, IL); Duru Turkoglu (Chicago, IL); Matthew Weckel (Miami, FL); Charles D. Wood (Highland Park, IL); Rory Eugene Hartong-Redden (Chicago, IL); Timothy Gossett (Marietta, GA)
Assignee: SYBRIDGE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,124,249
App. No.
17/461,058
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques regarding manufacturing one or more digital product designs are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can include a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a user interface component that generates a manufacturability report regarding a product design in relation to a manufacturing process. The manufacturability report can indicate whether a product feature included in the product design is permissible based on a plurality of manufacturing considerations associated with the manufacturing process.

Claims (47)

1. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable instructions; and

a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that executes the computer executable instructions stored in the memory, wherein execution of the computer executable instructions causes the processor to:

access a current product design, wherein the current product design comprises an electronic computer-aided design file illustrating a geometry of the current product design;

identify a plurality of registered collaborator accounts by assigning, to previous product designs via execution of a trained model, similarity scores that respectively indicate how geometrically similar or dissimilar those previous product designs are with respect to the current product design, wherein the plurality of registered collaborator accounts are associated with whichever of the previous product designs have similarity scores that satisfy a threshold; and

share the current product design along with an annotation amongst the plurality of registered collaborator accounts as part of a manufacturing process, wherein the annotation is generated by a first registered collaborator account from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts based on a manufacturing consideration associated with manufacturing the current product design via a defined manufacturing process.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the current product design is provided by a second registered collaborator account from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts as input data, and wherein the annotation is provided by the first registered collaborator account as a contribution to the input data.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein execution of the computer executable instructions further causes the processor to:

generate a display of the annotation positioned onto a display of the current product design, wherein the annotation regards a product feature included in the current product design, and wherein the annotation is positioned onto the product feature presented in the display of the current product design.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processor causes the display of the annotation to be visible to whichever of the plurality of registered collaborator accounts have viewing permissions, and wherein the processor causes the display of the annotation to be invisible to whichever of the plurality of registered collaborator accounts lack viewing permissions.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein execution of the computer executable instructions further causes the processor to:

track one or more edits made to the current product design by one or more registered collaborator accounts from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts, wherein each edit of the one or more edits results in a different version of the current product design.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor generates a display of a plurality of versions of the current product design, and wherein the display of the plurality of versions is accessible to the plurality of registered collaborator accounts.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein execution of the computer executable instructions further causes the processor to:

store a version of the current product design in a library of historic product designs associated with the plurality of registered collaborator accounts.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein execution of the computer executable instructions further causes the processor to:

add the current product design to a digital catalog that is publicly or privately accessible by one or more electronic accounts via an electronic platform.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

accessing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a current product design, wherein the current product design comprises an electronic computer-aided design file illustrating a geometry of the current product design;

identifying, by the system, a plurality of registered collaborator accounts by assigning, to previous product designs via execution of a trained model, similarity scores that respectively indicate how geometrically similar or dissimilar those previous product designs are with respect to the current product design, wherein the plurality of registered collaborator accounts are associated with whichever of the previous product designs have similarity scores that satisfy a threshold; and

sharing, by the system, the current product design along with an annotation amongst the plurality of registered collaborator accounts as part of a manufacturing process, wherein the annotation is generated by a first registered collaborator account from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts based on a manufacturing consideration associated with manufacturing the current product design via a defined manufacturing process.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein:

the current product design is provided by a second registered collaborator account from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts as input data; and

the annotation is provided by the first registered collaborator account as a contribution to the input data.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating, by the system, a display of the annotation positioned onto a display of the current product design, wherein the annotation regards a product feature included in the current product design, and wherein the annotation is positioned onto the product feature presented in the display of the current product design.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

tracking, by the system, one or more edits made to the current product design by one or more registered collaborator accounts from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts, wherein each edit of the one or more edits results in a different version of the current product design.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , further comprising:

storing, by the system, a version of the current product design in a library of historic product designs associated with the plurality of registered collaborator accounts entities.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising:

adding, by the system, the current product design to a digital catalog that is publicly or privately accessible by one or more electronic accounts second entities via an electronic platform.

15. A non-transitory computer program product for facilitating a manufacturing and development platform, the non-transitory computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

access, by the processor, a current product design, wherein the current product design comprises an electronic computer-aided design file illustrating a geometry of the current product design;

identify, by the processor, a plurality of registered collaborator accounts by assigning, to previous product designs via execution of a trained model, similarity scores that respectively indicate how geometrically similar or dissimilar those previous product designs are with respect to the current product design, wherein the plurality of registered collaborator accounts are associated with whichever of the previous product designs have similarity scores that satisfy a threshold; and

share, by the processor, the current product design along with an annotation amongst the plurality of registered collaborator accounts as part of a manufacturing process, wherein the annotation is generated by a first registered collaborator account from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts based on a manufacturing consideration associated with manufacturing the current product design via a defined manufacturing process.

16. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

receive, by the processor, the current product design from a second registered collaborator account from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts as input data; and

receive, by the processor, the annotation from the first registered collaborator account as a contribution to the input data.

17. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

generate, by the processor, a display of the annotation positioned onto a display of the current product design, wherein the annotation regards a product feature included in the current product design, and wherein the annotation is positioned onto the product feature presented in the display of the current product design.

18. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

track, by the processor, one or more edits made to the current product design by one or more registered collaborator accounts from the plurality of registered collaborator accounts, wherein each edit of the one or more edits results in a different version of the current product design.

19. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

store, by the processor, a version of the current product design in a library of historic product designs associated with the plurality of registered collaborator accounts entities.

20. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

add, by the processor, the current product design to a digital catalog that is publicly or privately accessible by one or more electronic accounts via an electronic platform.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2023
From: FAST RADIUS, INC.
To: SYBRIDGE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063579/0525 →
BANKRUPTCY COURT ORDER RELEASING ALL LIENS INCLUDING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT RECORDED AT REEL 057525/FRAME 0606 Recorded May 9, 2023
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: FAST RADIUS, INC.
Reel/Frame 063581/0175 →
BANKRUPTCY COURT ORDER RELEASING ALL LIENS INCLUDING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT RECORDED AT REEL 057708/FRAME 0135 Recorded May 9, 2023
From: SVB INNOVATION CREDIT FUND VIII, L.P.
To: FAST RADIUS, INC.
Reel/Frame 063581/0354 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2021
From: FAST RADIUS, INC.
To: SVB INNOVATION CREDIT FUND VIII, L.P.
Reel/Frame 057708/0135 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 16, 2021
From: FAST RADIUS, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 057525/0606 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2021
From: KING, WILLIAM PAUL; ARWINE, DAN MICHAEL; BRENZEL, AARON VINCENT; GREEN, KENT; KAMPFE, CLARK; MCCUSKER, PATRICK; NANRY, JOHN WILLIAM; NEWBERGER, MAX; PICK, DAVID; PINTO, GUSTAVO; RASSEY, LOUIS WILLIAM; TURKOGLU, DURU; WECKEL, MATTHEW; WOOD, CHARLES D.; GOSSETT, TIMOTHY; HARTONG-REDDEN, RORY EUGENE
To: FAST RADIUS INC.
Reel/Frame 057329/0185 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17460934 · Aug 30, 2021
Provisional Application 63197683 · Jun 7, 2021
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