Patents by Inventor Simon Norman Springall

Simon Norman Springall 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).

  • Designing wiring harnesses
    Patent number: 8694952
    Abstract: A method of designing a wiring harness using a wiring harness design tool can include allowing a first user to access and edit a first wiring harness design component in a wiring harness design workspace, allowing a second user to access and edit a second wiring harness design component in the wiring harness design workspace at least during a portion of the time that the first user is allowed to access and edit the first wiring harness design component, and displaying the first and second wiring harness design components to the first and second users during at least a portion of the time that access is allowed to the first and second users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Edward Holdsworth, Darin Merle Jackson, Simon Norman Springall, Kevin Christopher Witten
  • Wiring Harnesses
    Publication number: 20110302549
    Abstract: A method of designing a wiring harness using a wiring harness design tool can include allowing a first user to access and edit a first wiring harness design component in a wiring harness design workspace, allowing a second user to access and edit a second wiring harness design component in the wiring harness design workspace at least during a portion of the time that the first user is allowed to access and edit the first wiring harness design component, and displaying the first and second wiring harness design components to the first and second users during at least a portion of the time that access is allowed to the first and second users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Simon Edward Holdsworth, Darin Merle Jackson, Simon Norman Springall, Kevin Christopher Witten
  • DESIGNING WIRING HARNESSES
    Publication number: 20080301613
    Abstract: A method of designing a wiring harness using a wiring harness design tool can include allowing a first user to access and edit a first wiring harness design component in a wiring harness design workspace, allowing a second user to access and edit a second wiring harness design component in the wiring harness design workspace at least during a portion of the time that the first user is allowed to access and edit the first wiring harness design component, and displaying the first and second wiring harness design components to the first and second users during at least a portion of the time that access is allowed to the first and second users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Simon Edward Holdsworth, Darin Merle Jackson, Simon Norman Springall, Kevin Christopher Witten