Systems and methods for vehicle manufacturing
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsAlexander Van Leuven, Abel Banda, Wade M. Leipold, Craig Turner, Jian L. Yang
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Abstract
Systems and methods of manufacturing a vehicle are provided. A part-vehicle includes a vehicle computing device. The vehicle computing device includes a memory, a communications device, and a processor, and the memory stores MES data for the vehicle. The vehicle computing device communicates MES data to manufacturing computing devices at different manufacturing workstations. The part-vehicle is manufacturing into the vehicle at the different manufacturing workstations according to the MES data.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a part-vehicle including a vehicle computing device, wherein the vehicle computing device includes a memory, a communications device, and a processor, and the memory stores MES data for the vehicle;
- communicating MES data, via the vehicle computing device, to manufacturing computing devices at different manufacturing workstations;
- manufacturing the part-vehicle into the vehicle at the different manufacturing workstations according to the MES data.
A system for manufacturing a vehicle, the system comprising:
- one or more manufacturing workstations for performing manufacturing operations on a part-vehicle, the manufacturing workstations having respective manufacturing computing devices associated therewith;
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- a vehicle computing device associated with the part-vehicle as the part-vehicles moves through the manufacturing workstations and is manufactured into a vehicle, wherein the vehicle computing device includes a memory, a communications device, and a processor, and the memory stores manufacturing execution system, MES, data for the vehicle;
- the vehicle computing device configured to communicate MES data to the manufacturing computing devices;
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- the manufacturing computing devices adapted to configure the manufacturing workstations based on the MES data.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle computing device, wherein the vehicle computing device includes a memory, a communications device, and a processor, and the memory stores manufacturing execution system, MES, data for the vehicle received from manufacturing computing devices during manufacturing at different workstations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.