US 11,720,721 B2
Aircraft assembly system
Johannes Gonnsen, Hamburg (DE); and Irene Bueno-Moreno, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/730,606.
Application 15/730,606 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2016/062364, filed on Jun. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15170092 (EP), filed on Jun. 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2018/0039725 A1, Feb. 8, 2018
Int. Cl. G06F 30/15 (2020.01); G06Q 10/06 (2023.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01); B64F 5/00 (2017.01); G06F 111/20 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/15 (2020.01) [B64F 5/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); G06F 2111/20 (2020.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-based aircraft assembly system, comprising:
a data base comprising a set of rules for interior equipment components available for installation in an aircraft; and
a processor configured to:
receive customer specific design or configuration data relating to a configuration or a design of the aircraft, wherein the customer specific design or configuration data comprises one or more of: a number of interior equipment components comprising a galley, a toilet module, a crew rest compartment, a cabin light, a stowage compartment, and a passenger seat; a position of each of the interior equipment components; or a shape or a material of one of the interior equipment components;
receive input parameters relating to at least one of expected time of delivery, number of personnel working on aircraft assembly, an apparatus of the system which cannot be used, or resources available in the aircraft assembly system;
generate a first manufacturing plan for assembling the aircraft, based on the received customer specific design or configuration data and based on the received input parameters, and generated in accordance with the set of rules, the first manufacturing plan configured to produce a first aircraft with a first configuration;
automatically vary, in an iterative process, the received customer specific design or configuration data, the received input parameters, or both the received customer specific design or configuration data and the received input parameters to obtain altered data for changing the design or configuration of the aircraft, changing the manufacturing plan, or changing both the design or configuration of the aircraft and the manufacturing plan;
generate a second manufacturing plan for assembling the aircraft, based on the altered data, and generated in accordance with the set of rules, wherein the second manufacturing plan comprises a different number, a different position, a different shape, or a different material of at least one of the interior equipment components compared to the first manufacturing plan, and wherein the second manufacturing plan is configured to produce a second aircraft with a second configuration different from the first aircraft with a first configuration;
compare the first manufacturing plan to the second manufacturing plan; and
select the first manufacturing plan or the second manufacturing plan in response to the comparison.