Patents by Inventor Katrin Eleanor Grunawalt

Katrin Eleanor Grunawalt 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).

  • Integrating multiple design systems in a CAD system
    Patent number: 8055482
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to integrate multiple engineering design systems in a computer aided design (CAD) system. A design generator is displayed and used to create an engineering design that has different worksheets. Each worksheet represents a different aspect of the design, has local design objects that represent functional aspects of a component that are independent from the component's physical representation, and relation objects that models constraints for properties of the design objects. The objects are organized into a functional layout document (FLD) that is stored in a data center/database that is shared by the worksheets. The FLD is then used to design an engineering design/model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Sikandar Saifullah, Katrin Eleanor Grunawalt, William Fredrick Glasgow McCord
  • INTEGRATED SYSTEM DESIGN
    Publication number: 20100204961
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to integrate multiple engineering design systems in a computer aided design (CAD) system. A design generator is displayed and used to create an engineering design that has different worksheets. Each worksheet represents a different aspect of the design, has local design objects that represent functional aspects of a component that are independent from the component's physical representation, and relation objects that models constraints for properties of the design objects. The objects are organized into a functional layout document (FLD) that is stored in a data center/database that is shared by the worksheets. The FLD is then used to design an engineering design/model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Sikandar Saifullah, Katrin Eleanor Grunawalt, William Fredrick Glasgow McCord