ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,356, issued on Sept. 9.
"Hanger generation in computer-aided design programs" was invented by Xiao Yao (Marietta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are provided for automated configuration of hanger placement within a model layout in a computer-aided design (CAD) application. The technologies rely, in some embodiments, on an initial selection of pipe elements and a traversal direction. Candidate positions for placement of hangers are then generated. At each candidate position, a set of pipes essentially parallel to one another can be identified. When the set of pipes includes two or more pipes, the candidate position i...