Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Franchek

Matthew A. Franchek 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).

  • Model-based monitoring and useful life estimation for blowout preventer annulars
    Patent number: 11125043
    Abstract: Reduced order modeling is used in the present systems and methods for monitoring the health of a system and is particularly useful in monitoring the health and estimating the remaining useful life of blow out preventer (BOP) annular used in an oil or gas well. A reduced order model is a linear low order characterization of the system that describes the annular behavior with a small number of parameters that can be interpreted physically. The reduced order model is then identified and adapted in real-time in order to detect the change in the system behavior and characteristics. This adaptation helps in drawing conclusions on diagnostics and prognostics of the physical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Matthew Franchek, Oussama Hattab, Moadh Mallek
  • MODEL-BASED MONITORING AND USEFUL LIFE ESTIMATION FOR BLOWOUT PREVENTER ANNULARS
    Publication number: 20190093440
    Abstract: Reduced order modeling is used in the present systems and methods for monitoring the health of a system and is particularly useful in monitoring the health and estimating the remaining useful life of blow out preventer (BOP) annular used in an oil or gas well. A reduced order model is a linear low order characterization of the system that describes the annular behavior with a small number of parameters that can be interpreted physically. The reduced order model is then identified and adapted in real-time in order to detect the change in the system behavior and characteristics. This adaptation helps in drawing conclusions on diagnostics and prognostics of the physical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Matthew Franchek, Oussama Hattab, Moadh Mallek
  • Power management system and method
    Patent number: 6427107
    Abstract: A power management controller for a machine which may be subjected to work assignments taxing the available power of the machine which automatically allocates power to the machine subsystems to ensure continued acceptable machine performance as power demands change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: George T. Chiu, Grant A. Ingram, Matthew A. Franchek, Richard G. Ingram