Patents by Inventor Steven W. Hammond

Steven W. Hammond 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).

  • Finite element analysis method using multiprocessor for matrix manipulations with special handling of diagonal elements
    Patent number: 4787057
    Abstract: Loading and storing a matrix associated with equations defining a physical system into the memory of a multiprocessor is accomplished by scanning along one orthogonal axis of the matrix and loading non-zero elements into memory associated with a plurality of the processors to form a transpose vector, with diagonal elements of the matrix being stored in the memory of a selected one of the processors. Each stored matrix element is provided with an index which identifies the origin of the element along the other axis of the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Steven W. Hammond