Patents by Inventor Wayne Tanner

Wayne Tanner 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).

  • Method for designing a weld fixture based on predicted stresses and distortions
    Patent number: 6627841
    Abstract: A method for designing a weld fixture. The method includes modeling a set of distortions produced by applied mechanical forces on a material to be welded, modeling a set of distortions produced by applied thermal forces on the material to be welded, determining a set of reaction forces at a series of locations on a simulated weld fixture as a function of the modeled distortions, and designing a weld fixture as a function of the set of reaction forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao Chen, Yi Dong, Edward T. Martin, Zhishang Yang, Wayne Tanner
  • Method for designing a weld fixture based on predicted stresses and distortions
    Publication number: 20020134816
    Abstract: A method for designing a weld fixture. The method includes modeling a set of distortions produced by applied mechanical forces on a material to be welded, modeling a set of distortions produced by applied thermal forces on the material to be welded, determining a set of reaction forces at a series of locations on a simulated weld fixture as a function of the modeled distortions, and designing a weld fixture as a function of the set of reaction forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Xiao Chen, Yi Dong, Edward T. Martin, Zhishang Yang, Wayne Tanner