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).
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Patent number: 7401728Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 7092777Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Walter Caswell Reade, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, Melissa S. Klaips, Charles Earl Markham, Michael Roy Pokorny
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Patent number: 7032816Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 6968250Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Walter Caswell Reade, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, Melissa S. Klaips, Charles Earl Markham, Michael Roy Pokorny
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Patent number: 6854549Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Calamari, Paul D. Fuller, Bhikhubhai S. Mistry, Dante T. Thomas, J. Roger Watson
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Publication number: 20030221885Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2001Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Michael A. Calamari, Paul D. Fuller, Bhikhubhai S. Mistry, Dante T. Thomas, J. Roger Watson
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Publication number: 20030155415Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20030149373Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Walter Caswell Reade, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, Melissa S. Klaips, Charles Earl Markham, Michael Roy Pokorny
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Publication number: 20010010276Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2001Publication date: August 2, 2001Inventors: Michael A. Calamari, Paul D. Fuller, Bhikhubhai S. Mistry, Dante T. Thomas, J. Roger Watson
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Patent number: 6260647Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Calamari, Paul D. Fuller, Bhikhubhai S. Mistry, Dante T. Thomas, J. Roger Watson