John Forrest Sanders
Engineering at Chalk Rock Cv, Austin, TX

6711798, Mar 30, 2004

Mar 5, 2001

09/800044

John H. Sanders - Austin TX
C. Michael Cunningham - Cedar Park TX
Satish Y. Patil - Austin TX
Mark D. Brown - Pflugerville TX
Michael T. Graham - Austin TX

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

B23Q 1700

2940701, 29440, 29 33 P, 29786, 29794, 1983462, 700216

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.

6631606, Oct 14, 2003

Mar 5, 2001

09/799850

Stephen H. Lawton - Austin TX
John H. Sanders - Austin TX
Mark D. Brown - Pflugerville TX
Kristin E. Toth - Austin TX

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

B65B 104

53473, 711178

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.

7062893, Jun 20, 2006

Jul 14, 2003

10/619345

Stephen H. Lawton - Austin TX, US
John H. Sanders - Austin TX, US
Mark D. Brown - Pflugerville TX, US
Kristin E. Toth - Austin TX, US

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

G06F 9/445

53564, 717178

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.

6892104, May 10, 2005

Mar 5, 2001

09/799859

Satish Y. Patil - Austin TX, US
Mark D. Brown - Pflugerville TX, US
Michael T. Graham - Austin TX, US
John H. Sanders - Austin TX, US
C. Michael Cunningham - Cedar Park TX, US

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

G06F019/00

700 95, 700112, 700117, 700230, 700111, 29705

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.