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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966159 | Construction Method A method for construction of structures from blocks of building material, such as quarried rocks, which includes scanning irregularly or randomly shaped blocks of building material, the blocks having no pre-existing required arrangement, to obtain scan data represen... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957941 | System and method(s) of mine planning, design and processing The present invention relates to the field of extracting resource(s) from a particular location. In particular, the present invention relates to the planning, design and processing related to a mine location in a manner based on enhancing the extraction of material ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953578 | Systems and methods of limiting contact penetration in numerical simulation of non-linear structure response Systems and methods of limiting contact penetration in numerical simulation of non-linear structure response using implicit finite element analysis are described. According to one aspect, a finite element analysis (FEA) model of a structure is defined as a number of... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945429 | Tire model determining method, tire transient response data calculating method, tire evaluating method, and tire designing method A transient response of a tire is simulated by using a effective data of a physical amount. The physical amount is set as a rolling condition of the tire and varies in time. The effective data of the physical amount is calculated by a convolution integral of a respo... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941300 | Process for the design of an airfoil A process for designing an airfoil, such as a compressor blade or vane of a turbomachine, using a CFD or computational flow dynamics analysis. The process includes creating a solid model for use in the analysis, inputting the fluid inlet temperature, the momentum an... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941299 | Verification and validation system for a graphical model A verification tool in a graphical modeling environment allows the components in the graphical modeling environment to be used to define error or exceptional conditions without adverse affects on the ultimate implementation of the model. In one example, a system pre... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937248 | Virtual time reversal acoustics for structural health monitoring A method, apparatus, and computer program product for monitoring structures using virtual time reversal signal processing. In one embodiment, a signal having a frequency range is sent into a structure in a vehicle from a fixed transmitter to form an original transmi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930149 | Versioning of elements in a configuration model Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a multi-purpose configuration model. A computer program product for defining a configuration model for a configurable product includes instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to receive ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930150 | Method of designing magnetorheological fluid energy absorbing device using hydromechanical analysis A method of designing a magnetorheological (MR) fluid energy absorbing damper is provided that uses hydromechanical analysis with lumped parameters to allow a determination as to whether a potential damper design will provide predetermined characteristics, such as a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925474 | System and methods(s) of blended mine planning, design and processing The present invention relates to the field of extracting resource(s) from a particular location. In particular, the present invention relates to the planning, design and processing related to a mine location in a manner based on enhancing the extraction of material ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925475 | Analyzing structural design relative to vibrational and/or acoustic loading A computer-performed method of designing a structure. User-selected design parameters are input to a parametric model of the structure. Boundary conditions and load conditions are applied to the model to determine a response of the structure to the conditions. Based... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917341 | Elevator system including multiple cars in a hoistway destination entry control and parking positions An elevator system includes multiple cars within a hoistway. Parking positions are provided outside the range of passenger service levels. A destination entry strategy is used by a controller for directing movement of the elevator cars. The inventive combination of ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917340 | Method and apparatus for importing data into program code The present invention relates to a method for designing a system. This method includes obtaining a visual representation of one or more components of the ventilation system. One or more property values are assigned to each of the components of the system, which may ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917339 | Heat trace system design Heat trace system design is disclosed. In some embodiments, pipe system data including data associated with pipe system components is received, and in response to receiving a selection of a pipe system component, data associated with a set of one or more pipe system... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912681 | Method for designing a flight vehicle A method for designing a flight vehicle includes determining a preferred aerodynamic shape of a structure of the vehicle; modifying the preferred aerodynamic shape based upon constraints; and determining, using aerodynamic computational fluid dynamics, limit loading... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908296 | Integrating object-oriented design software with record-based CAD software Implementations of the present invention allow a user to work within a record-based design environment while achieving the advantages provided by an object-oriented database. In particular, the user of components in accordance with the present invention can create d... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908123 | Vehicle planning support system The present invention is a vehicle planning support system for supporting the planning of new vehicles by building vehicle models, comprising a database (1) for storing vehicle data for building vehicle models, and a computing device (2) utilizing the ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908124 | Designing system of DC superconducting cable Provided is a designing system for designing a DC superconducting cable comprising a conductor layer and an outer-conductor layer arranged outside the conductor layer through an electrical insulation layer, the designing system comprising: ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899651 | Entrance angle estimation method of V-ribbed belt, entrance angle estimation program employing the method, and pulley layout designing method In a method for estimating an entrance angle of a V-ribbed belt from a flat pulley to a V-ribbed pulley, the entrance angle is estimated easily at a stage of pulley layout design. The V-ribbed belt 10 forms a track which enters at an entrance angle of ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895019 | Fire suppression system design tool A method of designing a fire suppression system that includes displaying one or more components of the fire suppression system on a visual display, wherein the displayed one or more components of the fire suppression system are formatted so as to printable in a form... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890304 | Method and system for designing smooth surfaces for vehicle parts A method and system for designing a smooth surface for a vehicle part, such as the hull of an aircraft, covering an area of the body of the vehicle part organized around an axis X. The method includes providing data indicating a profile, area, and position of a plur... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890305 | Method for optimizing joint press set for use with a plurality of ball joints A method and article for designing dual-mode adapters in a joint press kit. A plurality of ball joints for use with the adapters are selected. An adapter design is created by defining a first variable representative of a physical characteristic of the adapter design... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890303 | Parameter managing method, design parameter managing system, program and computer readable recording medium A system for managing design parameters in a plurality of different CAD systems flexible for the plurality of different CAD systems having essentially different design purposes. In a method for managing design parameters being used in a plurality of different CAD sy... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881910 | Methods and systems for managing facility power and cooling Systems and methods are provided for determining data center cooling and power requirements and for monitoring performance of cooling and power systems in data centers. At least one aspect provides a system and method that enables a data center operator to determine... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881909 | Computerized tool and method for the automated creation of a cutter ramp curve An automated and computerized technique as disclosed herein can be utilized to generate a modeled cutter ramp curve for a flange component. The technique can be utilized in conjunction with any suitable CAD system to render a cutter ramp curve on the modeled flange ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877237 | Method of performing a finite element analysis of a composite structure The invention provides a method of analyzing a building made from a core of foam plastic which is coated on the inside and outside with a strengthening coating. The building is designed in a CAD program. Then, the building surfaces are meshed in an automeshing progr... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869982 | Tape course generation method and apparatus for programming a composite tape lamination machine A method of defining a composite tape course to form at least a portion of a composite part ply comprises approximating a contoured surface with a reference plane. The method further includes selecting a three-dimensional reference surface to approximate the contour... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869981 | Automated method and system for object configuration An automated system and method is provided for configuring an object (e.g., a room). In accordance with a preferred embodiment, configuration is facilitated through the use of layering functionality and frame-based inferences to evaluate stored knowledge of object a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860691 | Dynamic blocks Tools and techniques for creating and editing a master block definition for a dynamic block, and manipulating a block instantiation of a dynamic block are described. One or more data structures that can be used to implement a dynamic block feature are described.... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860690 | Automated custom configuration system and method In accordance with preferred embodiments and applications of the invention, an automated custom configuration system (and method) is provided for facilitating the configuration and customization of desired products, services, or other objects that require users to g... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856342 | Automatic reinforcement modeling Methods and program products for presenting a view of physical element, the physical element represented in a computer aided design (CAD) model, and integrating a presentation of structural reinforcement of the physical element into the view of the physical element.... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856343 | System and method for design evaluation of mobile devices using virtual reality based prototypes A design evaluation system of mobile devices using virtual reality based prototypes is proposed. The system includes: a storage unit for storing therein 3-dimensional computer-aided design data of a virtual mobile device; a component selection unit for performing a ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7844419 | Method of detecting potential topology problems in a network The present invention is a method for detecting potential topology problems in a network representation consisting of links and nodes. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, there are three potential topology problem cases that are identified by the pro... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840387 | System and method of designing a load bearing layer that interfaces to a structural pass-through of an inflatable vessel A method for determining a design of an inflatable module including a rigid member disposed in a restraint layer, wherein the restraint layer includes orthogonal straps, includes modeling a strap adjacent to the rigid member and a strap connected to the rigid member... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840388 | Engineering device An engineering device includes a drawing builder for generating a general-purpose part formed by combining functional parts, and a general-purpose part managing section for registering the general-purpose part thus generated in a database and quoting the general-pur... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840389 | Method of optimizing stiffened panels under stress The subject of the disclosed embodiments is a method of optimizing stiffened panels under stress. In particular, the method makes it possible to determine the stress distribution in stiffened panels with postbuckling taken into account. The method proposed is a coup... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840386 | Finite element modeling method utilizing mass distribution The invention discloses differing embodiments of finite element modeling methods utilizing mass distribution to model an object. In one embodiment, the finite element model of the object may be partitioned into sub-models. A determination may be made as to which ele... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831416 | Probabilistic modeling system for product design A method is provided for designing a product. The method may include obtaining data records relating to one or more input variables and one or more output parameters associated with the product; and pre-processing the data records based on characteristics of the inp... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827012 | System and method for controlling structural type integration A system and methodology for controlling structural type integration to major fittings requires creating a geometrical set of objects identified here as basic starting geometry which consist of external references and relationships to a main component structure. Str... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822583 | Method of batch falling strand devolatilizer A design method of batch falling strand devolatilizers is disclosed. The method includes following steps. Firstly, construct a database that contains data of batch falling strand devolatilizer vs. devolatilization of at least one kind of polymer. Then data in the da... | 10/26/2010 |
