Patent ID: 7558713

Claim:
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.