Patents
US 11093661 B2: Smart relations of computer aided design (CAD) components
- Granted
- 2021-08-17
- Filed
- 2018-07-31 application 16050558
- Type
- Utility · 15 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
In most of today's computer aided design (CAD), there are many definitive relationship between how components used in a CAD design relate to other components and feature in the same design. These relationships include sizing (a component is sized based upon another component), placement and orientation (a component is position and orientated based upon another component or feature). In addition, certain components can only be used with other specific components within the same design. Various attributes are placed on the CAD components and features that relate to each other that will be used to automatically size, place and orientate components, as well as make sure the component is valid to be used within the design intent. This saves designers considerable amount of design time as well as ensuring accurate component to component relationship as used in their design.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210817.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTC Inc. 61 patents | US company or organization | Boston, MA | PTC INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state PTC INC. SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally PTC CORPORATION Nonprofit FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Amadon | Townsend, MA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Parapura Rajkumar | Acton, MA | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Malay Kumar | Acton, MA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F30/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06N | Computing arrangements based on specific computational models | G06N20/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T19/20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-03 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | PTC INC. signed 2023-01-03 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 62257/311 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-01-27 | Merger Merger | ONSHAPE INC. signed 2019-11-19 | PTC INC. BOSTON, MA | 51629/940 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2018-07-31 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | AMADON, GARY signed 2017-07-20 KUMAR, MALAY signed 2017-07-31 RAJKUMAR, PARAPURA signed 2017-07-31 | ONSHAPE INC. CAMBRIDGE, MA | 46677/366 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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