Patents by Inventor Paul D. Fuller

Paul D. Fuller 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).

  • Patent number: 7401728
    Abstract: Communication between machines in an event-based manufacturing system. In an event-based manufacturing system, material-specific data obtained for a material produced during a first manufacturing operation is used to govern a second manufacturing operation to decrease the likelihood of at least a delay event, a waste event, or poor quality of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Patent number: 7092777
    Abstract: A data integrity module and method for evaluating data in a process information database. A neural network generates statistical patterns for specifying patterns for the data being evaluated. A fuzzy expert rules base specifies rules for evaluating the data. A processor, responsive to the rules base and the statistical patterns, identifies suspect data in the process information database by evaluating the data according to the rules base and the statistical patterns. A modification system modifies the suspect data in the process information database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Caswell Reade, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, Melissa S. Klaips, Charles Earl Markham, Michael Roy Pokorny
  • Patent number: 7032816
    Abstract: Providing communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for communicating data relating to a material between machines during a process for feed-forward control. Also disclosed are an intelligent event-based manufacturing system including a process for converting a raw material to a product and a method of reducing the probability of waste, delay, or a quality defect in a process having process conditions for the manufacture of a product from a sequentially trackable raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Patent number: 6968250
    Abstract: A data integrity module and method for evaluating data in a process information database. A neural network generates statistical patterns for specifying patterns for the data being evaluated. A fuzzy expert rules base specifies rules for evaluating the data. A processor, responsive to the rules base and the statistical patterns, identifies suspect data in the process information database by evaluating the data according to the rules base and the statistical patterns. A modification system modifies the suspect data in the process information database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Caswell Reade, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, Melissa S. Klaips, Charles Earl Markham, Michael Roy Pokorny
  • Patent number: 6854549
    Abstract: An electronic engine speed control system is used on a work machine utilizing an engine with a governor control movable between a plurality of positions. The governor control is operated by an operator so that a desired engine speed may be selected for driving a plurality of wheels through a transmission. The transmission is specifically controlled to obtain a desired ground speed independent of the selected engine speed. The engine speed control system includes an electronic control module. An operator switch is connected to the control module and is movable to a set position which sends an input signal with a desired engine speed value corresponding to a selected engine speed to the control module. An engine sensor is connectable between the engine and the control module for sensing the speed of the engine and sending an input signal with an actual engine speed value to the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Calamari, Paul D. Fuller, Bhikhubhai S. Mistry, Dante T. Thomas, J. Roger Watson
  • Publication number: 20030221885
    Abstract: An electronic engine speed control system is used on a work machine utilizing an engine with a governor control movable between a plurality of positions. The governor control is operated by an operator so that a desired engine speed may be selected for driving a plurality of wheels through a transmission. The transmission is specifically controlled to obtain a desired ground speed independent of the selected engine speed. The engine speed control system includes an electronic control module. An operator switch is connected to the control module and is movable to a set position which sends an input signal with a desired engine speed value corresponding to a selected engine speed to the control module. An engine sensor is connectable between the engine and the control module for sensing the speed of the engine and sending an input signal with an actual engine speed value to the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Michael A. Calamari, Paul D. Fuller, Bhikhubhai S. Mistry, Dante T. Thomas, J. Roger Watson
  • Publication number: 20030155415
    Abstract: Providing communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for communicating data relating to a material between machines during a process for feed-forward control. Also disclosed are an intelligent event-based manufacturing system including a process for converting a raw material to a product and a method of reducing the probability of waste, delay, or a quality defect in a process having process conditions for the manufacture of a product from a sequentially trackable raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reads, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Publication number: 20030149373
    Abstract: A data integrity module and method for evaluating data in a process information database. A neural network generates statistical patterns for specifying patterns for the data being evaluated. A fuzzy expert rules base specifies rules for evaluating the data. A processor, responsive to the rules base and the statistical patterns, identifies suspect data in the process information database by evaluating the data according to the rules base and the statistical patterns. A modification system modifies the suspect data in the process information database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Caswell Reade, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, Melissa S. Klaips, Charles Earl Markham, Michael Roy Pokorny
  • Publication number: 20010010276
    Abstract: An electronic engine speed control system is used on a work machine utilizing an engine with a governor control movable between a plurality of positions. The governor control is operated by an operator so that a desired engine speed may be selected for driving a plurality of wheels through a transmission. The transmission is specifically controlled to obtain a desired ground speed independent of the selected engine speed. The engine speed control system includes an electronic control module. An operator switch is connected to the control module and is movable to a set position which sends an input signal with a desired engine speed value corresponding to a selected engine speed to the control module. An engine sensor is connectable between the engine and the control module for sensing the speed of the engine and sending an input signal with an actual engine speed value to the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventors: Michael A. Calamari, Paul D. Fuller, Bhikhubhai S. Mistry, Dante T. Thomas, J. Roger Watson
  • Patent number: 6260647
    Abstract: An electronic engine speed control system is used on a work machine utilizing an engine with a governor control movable between a plurality of positions. The governor control is operated by an operator so that a desired engine speed may be selected for driving a plurality of wheels through a transmission. The transmission is specifically controlled to obtain a desired ground speed independent of the selected engine speed. The engine speed control system includes an electronic control module. An operator switch is connected to the control module and is movable to a set position which sends an input signal with a desired engine speed value corresponding to a selected engine speed to the control module. An engine sensor is connectable between the engine and the control module for sensing the speed of the engine and sending an input signal with an actual engine speed value to the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Calamari, Paul D. Fuller, Bhikhubhai S. Mistry, Dante T. Thomas, J. Roger Watson