Patents by Inventor Paul R. Kinney

Paul R. Kinney 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).

  • System and method of generating a finite element mesh for a threaded fastener and joining structure assembly
    Patent number: 6904395
    Abstract: A system and method of generating a finite element mesh for a threaded fastener and joining structure assembly includes a computer system for generating a mesh model of the threaded fastener and joining structure assembly by creating nodes and elements for each non-threaded portion of the threaded fastener and joining structure assembly using cylindrical coordinates and creating nodes and elements for each threaded portion of the threaded fastener and joining structure assembly using helical coordinates. The system and method also includes a user evaluating the mesh model of the threaded fastener and joining structure assembly using finite element analysis and evaluating a result of the finite element analysis using a visualization software program and a computer system. The system and method further includes a user predicting a stress of the threaded fastener and joining structure assembly from the evaluation of the result of the finite element analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. DeJack, David G. Strenski, Paul R. Kinney