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Identifier Scanning Joinder Tools

  • US 20080061145A1
  • Filed: 03/20/2007
  • Published: 03/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. ) A joinder system comprising:

  • a joinder tool, said joinder tool being used to join a plurality of parts, an assembly being comprised of said plurality of parts, at least one of said plurality of parts being associated with a part identity, said part identity being machine-readable;

    a part identity reading means, said part identity reading means being coupled to said joinder tool, said part identity reading means reading a part identity;

    a part identity database, said part identity database containing information associated with at least one of said plurality of parts, said part identity database resident on a computing means, each said part identity being associated with a dataset within said part identity database, each said dataset containing information associated with each said part;

    a data transmission means, said data transmission means facilitating data communication between at least said part identity database resident on said computing means and said part identity reading means;

    wherein said part identity reading means automatically or intentionally reading said part identity during an assembly process;

    and wherein said part identity being decoded, compared, and matched to a correlating dataset, the reading of said part identity being recorded as an occurrence on said computing means.

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