Data processing: structural design – modeling – simulation – and em – Simulating nonelectrical device or system – Mechanical
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-16
2009-10-20
Shah, Kamini S (Department: 2128)
Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and em
Simulating nonelectrical device or system
Mechanical
C703S002000, C399S018000, C700S214000, C700S230000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07606689
ABSTRACT:
A design support system is provided, which accurately simulates the behavior of a flexible medium in a convey path even if the flexible medium exhibits different flexural stiffness in different bending directions. In a design support system which supports the user to design a convey path by simulating the behavior of a flexible medium conveyed in the convey path, a flexible medium model creation module (102), when a flexible medium to be conveyed is defined in the convey path defined by using a convey path definition module (101), creates a flexible medium model representing the flexible medium by segmenting the flexible medium into a plurality of stiff body elements each having a mass, and connecting the respective adjacent stiff body elements with two springs, that is, a rotational spring and translational spring whose spring constants change depending on the direction of flexural deformation of the flexible medium. A motion calculation module (104) time-serially calculates the behavioral state of the flexible medium in the convey path by numerical simulation on the basis of the flexible medium model created by a flexible medium model creation module (102) and the convey conditions and frictional coefficients set by a convey condition setting module (103).
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
Patel Shambhavi
Shah Kamini S
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