Patents by Inventor Brian Michael Tomas

Brian Michael Tomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and systems for creating mechanical computer-aided design model to include deformation
    Patent number: 12190023
    Abstract: A mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) model representing an object is received. The MCAD model contains a surface with a face defined therein. Deformation of the face is obtained in a simulation based on the MCAD model. The surface is defined by Non-Uniform Rational Basis Spline patches and mapped to a two-dimensional (2-D) parametric grid. The 2-D grid contains a first group of grid points representing the face and a second group of grid points representing outside of the face. The deformation of the face is applied to the first group of grid points. The deformation is extrapolated to the second group of grid points. An updated MCAD model representing a deformed object is generated using the 2-D grid associated with the applied deformation and the extrapolated deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ANSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Michael Tomas, Wolfgang Seibold