Patent ID: 7676771
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A method of optimizing cabling, which is implemented by a data processing system, the method comprising: defining, with the data processing system, characteristics of a line connecting a power source to a receiving charge as a function of constraints of the line that are predetermined and environmental, dividing, with the data processing system, said line into several distinct cable segments connected in series to each other via a plurality of cutouts such that each cutout separates two adjacent cable segments connected in series to each other via said cutout, selecting, with the data processing system, a gage for each individual cable segment in the line so as to optimize said cabling while taking the constraints of the line into account by determining for at least one cable segment. several gages of usable cables based on the constraints, combining said cable segments according to different combinations of said gages in order to form one line, verifying for each line whether the constraints have been satisfied for the line, and selecting gages for each cable segment of said cable segments so that the line has a lowest mass.