Patents by Inventor James Hurt

James Hurt 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).

  • Patent number: 11250184
    Abstract: A computer-aided design system provides tolerance analysis of model assemblies. Constraints are applied to a model assembly based on user-selected surfaces. Overlay surfaces are defined at the assembly, where each of the overlay surfaces corresponds to a user-selected surface. One or more stacks are defined based on a user input, where the stacks are a measurement dimension encompassing two or more parts of the assembly. The system simulates 1) variation of the overlay surfaces across a range of variation values within a respective tolerance zone based on the tolerance specifications, and 2) alteration of the stack as a result of the variation. Based on the variation of the overlay surfaces, the system identifies a subset of the user-selected surfaces that, when varied within the respective tolerance zone, alter the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ENVENTIVE ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: James Hurt, Ralph A. Gifford, A. Vincent Huffaker, Kurt Andersen
  • Publication number: 20190121925
    Abstract: A computer-aided design system provides tolerance analysis of model assemblies. Constraints are applied to a model assembly based on user-selected surfaces. Overlay surfaces are defined at the assembly, where each of the overlay surfaces corresponds to a user-selected surface. One or more stacks are defined based on a user input, where the stacks are a measurement dimension encompassing two or more parts of the assembly. The system simulates 1) variation of the overlay surfaces across a range of variation values within a respective tolerance zone based on the tolerance specifications, and 2) alteration of the stack as a result of the variation. Based on the variation of the overlay surfaces, the system identifies a subset of the user-selected surfaces that, when varied within the respective tolerance zone, alter the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: James Hurt, Ralph A. Gifford, A. Vincent Huffaker, Kurt Andersen
  • Patent number: 9384591
    Abstract: A computer-aided design (CAD) system provides for designing, modeling and simulating objects in 3D. Both 2D and 3D objects can be provided in a 3D space and associated to one another by one or more constraints. Modification to the objects is calculated to satisfy the constraints as well as the geometric and functional properties of the objects. The objects can then be updated according to the calculated modification, thereby satisfying various requirements of the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Enventive Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: James Hurt, Don Luhring, Vincent Huffaker, Kurt Andersen, Ralph Gifford
  • Publication number: 20120069011
    Abstract: A computer-aided design (CAD) system provides for designing, modeling and simulating objects in 3D. Both 2D and 3D objects can be provided in a 3D space and associated to one another by one or more constraints. Modification to the objects is calculated to satisfy the constraints as well as the geometric and functional properties of the objects. The objects can then be updated according to the calculated modification, thereby satisfying various requirements of the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Enventive Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: James Hurt, Don Luhring, Vincent Huffaker, Kurt Andersen, Ralph Gifford
  • Patent number: 7623139
    Abstract: A computer added design system enables layout of a dependent component based on master components having a set of geometric and functional properties. Based on the state of the dependent component imposed by the assembly, as well as user-entered parameters, modification to the set of properties can be calculated. Based on the calculated modification, the master component and dependent component are updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Enventive Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Gifford, Vincent Huffaker, James Hurt, Kurt Andersen
  • Publication number: 20050201448
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for efficient processing of signal in a communication system. The processing of the signal for transmission may include encoding a block of data at an encoding rate 1/R. The encoding produces R number of data symbols for every data bit in the block of data. A block of RAM (299, 600) is partitioned into a plurality of blocks of RAM to allow reading simultaneously data symbols from the plurality of blocks of RAM to produce an in-phase and a quad-phase data symbols simultaneously. At least two scramblers (306 and 307) are used for simultaneously scrambling the in-phase and quad-phase data symbols. A Walsh covering/summing block (700) followed by the scramblers provides efficient Walsh covering and summing of signals for a combined transmission from the communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Nikolai Schlegel, James Hurt