| US 7,558,713 B2 | ||
| Method for automating hydraulic manifold design | ||
| Sumit Kumar, New Delhi (India) | ||
| Assigned to Vest, Inc., Troy, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/377,538. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0219658 A1, Sep. 20, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 703—7 [700/98; 123/90.13; 510/185] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A computer implemented method for automatically designing a hydraulic manifold from a hydraulic circuit, cavity geometry
and manifold design parameters, the method comprising the steps of:
storing in a memory of a computer design patterns defining optimum orientation, connections and physical structure between
a plurality of cavities and cavity manifold arrangements of all possible ways to connect all orientations of any two cavities;
fetching from the memory of the computer a design pattern corresponding to a first pair of two cavities from the hydraulic
circuit;
removing, using the computer, any conflicts in the design pattern between the two cavities of the first pair;
merging, using the computer, all of the remaining cavities from the hydraulic circuit, one at a time, into an evolving manifold
topology;
allocating, using the computer, a manifold face for each cavity;
substantiating, using the computer, the manifold design; and
saving the manifold design in a file in the computer.
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