Patents by Inventor Nikolai Gerzen

Nikolai Gerzen 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: 12164846
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of automatically determining an optimized design for manufacturing a real-world object includes: defining, in memory of a computer-based processor, a finite element model representing a real-world object, the finite element comprising a plurality of elements; evaluating, with the computer-based processor, a distribution of a design variable throughout a vicinity of the finite element model, using singular value decomposition (SVD), to produce a singular value for the design variable in each respective element in the vicinity of the finite element model; defining optimization constraints for the vicinity of the finite element model based on the singular values produced from the SVD; and optimizing the finite element model with respect to the design variable by locally enforcing a geometry of the real-world object in the vicinity based on the defined optimization constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.
    Inventors: Nikolai Gerzen, Claus Bech Wittendorf Pedersen, Thorsten Horst Henryk Michalski
  • Publication number: 20210173979
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of automatically determining an optimized design for manufacturing a real-world object includes: defining, in memory of a computer-based processor, a finite element model representing a real-world object, the finite element comprising a plurality of elements; evaluating, with the computer-based processor, a distribution of a design variable throughout a vicinity of the finite element model, using singular value decomposition (SVD), to produce a singular value for the design variable in each respective element in the vicinity of the finite element model; defining optimization constraints for the vicinity of the finite element model based on the singular values produced from the SVD; and optimizing the finite element model with respect to the design variable by locally enforcing a geometry of the real-world object in the vicinity based on the defined optimization constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Nikolai Gerzen, Claus Bech Wittendorf Pedersen, Thorsten Horst Henryk Michalski
  • Patent number: 10915680
    Abstract: Embodiments automatically determine optimized designs for manufacturing real-world objects. An embodiment begins with defining a finite element model comprised of a plurality of elements that represents a real-world object. Next, equilibriums and design responses of the object in response boundary conditions are determined, which includes calculating a local volume constraint for a given element of the finite element model. Then, design response sensitivities of the object in response to the boundary conditions are determined, which includes differentiating the calculated local volume constraint to determine sensitivity of a sizing design variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp.
    Inventors: Claus Bech Wittendorf Pedersen, Nikolai Gerzen, Martin-Pierre Hugo Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200201951
    Abstract: Embodiments automatically determine optimized designs for manufacturing real-world objects. An embodiment begins with defining a finite element model comprised of a plurality of elements that represents a real-world object. Next, equilibriums and design responses of the object in response boundary conditions are determined, which includes calculating a local volume constraint for a given element of the finite element model. Then, design response sensitivities of the object in response to the boundary conditions are determined, which includes differentiating the calculated local volume constraint to determine sensitivity of a sizing design variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Claus Bech Wittendorf Pedersen, Nikolai Gerzen, Martin-Pierre Hugo Schmidt