MR. JOHN MICHAEL JACKSON, R.PH.
Pharmacy at Castlebay, Cincinnati, OH

6678575, Jan 13, 2004

Sep 13, 2002

10/065052

Michael Graham - Slingerlands NY
Nathan Smith - Latham NY
John Jackson - Wyoming OH

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06F 700

700186, 700182, 700187, 700189

A method for defining a numerically controlled (NC) tool path on a identified region of a solid computer model is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes identifying boundary points so as to bound the identified region. The boundary points are processed so as to generate a plurality of bounding curves, wherein the bounding curves are generated so as to conform to a surface of the identified region. The NC tool path is then generated in a manner conforming to the bounding curves.

6662071, Dec 9, 2003

Apr 25, 2000

09/559305

John Dennis Jackson - Wyoming OH
Dean Michael Robinson - Schenectady NY
Michael Evans Graham - Slingerlands NY
Gregory Alan Mohr - Scotia NY
Olalekan Solomon Odesanya - Schenectady NY

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06F 1900

700159, 700194

A method ( ) for manufacturing a precision part ( ) utilizing a non-precision fixture ( ). The non-precision fixture is precisely measured ( ) and modeled in a CAD program ( ) together with a model of the part ( ). The part model is nested ( ) into the fixture model, and a transformation matrix describing the movement of a coordinate system of the part during the step of nesting is recorded ( ). The transformation matrix may then be used to transform ( ) a tool path that had been developed for the originally designed shape of the fixture. Accordingly, imprecision in the location of a part within an imprecisely measured fixture may be accounted for during subsequent manufacturing operations.

6968256, Nov 22, 2005

Aug 15, 2003

10/641789

Michael Evans Graham - Slingerlands NY, US
Prashant Madhukar Kulkarni - Schenectady NY, US
John Dennis Jackson - Wyoming OH, US

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

G06F019/00

700186, 700 28

A method for processing one or more manufactured parts is provided. The method includes generating a number of tool paths corresponding to a feature to be added to the one or more manufactured parts. Each of the tool paths has an effect on a respective one of the representative manufactured parts. The method further includes clustering the tool paths into a number of clusters based on the respective effect and a tolerance of the feature being added to the representative manufactured part and processing a manufactured part using one of the tool paths, which corresponds to a respective subpopulation in which the manufactured part lies.

6256546, Jul 3, 2001

Sep 28, 1998

9/161367

Michael Evans Graham - Slingerlands NY
John Dennis Jackson - Wyoming OH

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G05B 1304

700 30

A system and method for numerical control processing of an in-process part. A mathematical mapping is generated which approximates the deformation of the in-process part as measured against a nominal model. The mapping is applied to nominal NC tool paths to generate modified tool paths that travel in the distorted coordinate space of the in-process part. A result is that local features may be machined into the in-process parts in reasonable locations, and non contact measurement systems as well as surface finishing systems can travel at a more constant distance from the surface of the in-process part.