Patents by Inventor Michael W. Chase

Michael W. Chase 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).

  • VEHICLE FAULT PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20240127642
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive time-series data from sensors of a vehicle, determine an efficiency of the vehicle, and determine a probability of a fault occurring in the vehicle based on the time-series data and on the efficiency. The efficiency is energy consumption by the vehicle per distance traveled by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Wolf, Nicholas B. Chase, Michael W. Degner
  • Composition for the manufacture of flexographic printing plates
    Patent number: 6017679
    Abstract: A water processable photopolymer composition for use in the manufacture of flexographic photopolymer printing plates is disclosed. The composition includes a flexible polymer having an affinity for water combined with a combination of hydrophilic and hydrophobic ethylenically unsaturated crosslinking agents or a single crosslinking agent containing both groups, a photoinitiator and swell enhancing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: M.A. Hanna Company
    Inventors: Michael W. Chase, Milton Farber, David T. Hughes