System for customization or fabrication of extruded support members for facilitating access to a vehicle and related methods
OwnerRobert Crandallinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for producing vehicle components or components for use with vehicles or in other non-vehicle applications allow an end user to select and produce at a local job site, or optionally elsewhere as desired. The system and method can allow a manufacturer or designer to send a design for a component to a consumer for the consumer to produce. The consumer can then use one of a variety of methods, such as three dimensional printing or machining, to produce the component. The consumer can produce a component from a stock data file or can customize the component before production.
Claims21
A method for production of vehicle components comprising:
- accessing a vehicle component database;
- causing a listing of vehicle components to be displayed;
- selecting a vehicle component from the vehicle component database;
- generating an output, from data for the vehicle component from the vehicle component database, for instructing a production machine to produce the vehicle component;
- and
- placing the vehicle component directly or indirectly on a vehicle for moving with the vehicle.
A system for production of vehicle components comprising:
- a processor;
- a computer readable storage medium having a program code executable by the processor, the program code comprising:
- accessing a vehicle component database;
- displaying a listing of vehicle components;
- selecting a vehicle component from the vehicle component database;
- and
- generating an output, from data for the vehicle component from the vehicle component database, for instructing a production machine to produce the vehicle component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.