Store for spare parts and method for allocating kits of spare parts

• US 20090218399A1
• Filed: 02/25/2009
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oscaro Com
• Original Assignee: Oscaro Com
• Inventors: Luiggi, Pierre-Noel
• Granted Patent: US 8,113,423 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/385
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 1/1378 the orders being assembled on fixed commissioning areas remote from the storage areas
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials

Abstract

Said store for spare parts comprises a plurality of compartments which each contain a kit of spare parts and a plurality of kits are each composed of different types of spare parts.

Application to the automotive industry.

Claims

1. Store for spare parts to be allocated to an user comprising compartments in which different types of spare parts are located, characterized in that:

a plurality of compartments each contain a kit of spare parts;

a plurality of kits are each composed of different types of spare parts;

the compartments are constructed as to be emptied and refilled with different kits;

the compartments are grouped together in rows and numbers are allocated to all the kits contained in the same row, one part of each of these numbers being the same for all the kits of the same row; and

one compartment is not permanently allocated to the same intended user.

2. Store for spare parts according to claim 1, characterized in that the types of spare parts differ by the nature, the dimensions, the color and/or the origin (manufacturer) of the spare parts.

3. Store for spare parts according to claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of compartments respectively contain a plurality of differently composed kits.

4. Store for spare parts according to claim 1, characterized in that the part is made up of the last digit or the last digits of the number.

5. Store for spare parts according to claim 1, characterized in that each row has the same number of compartments.

6. Store for spare parts according to claim 1, characterized in that the compartments of the same row are separated from one another by removable separating elements.

7. Store for spare parts according to claim 1, characterized in that each compartment in a row is accessible independently of the other compartments in the row.

8. Method for allocating kits of spare parts, which are at least partially different from one another, to respective intended users, characterized in that each kit is identified by a number and in the store the same row of storage compartments is allocated to kits, one part of the digits making up the number thereof being the same, the parts of the kits are placed in the compartment which corresponds thereto as they arrive in the store, the kit is removed from the compartment when the kit is complete, the kit is sent to the intended user and the compartment refilled with a kit which is different from that which it had before removal.