Patents by Inventor Scott L. Davidson

Scott L. Davidson 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).

  • Inferential time-optimized operation of a fiber producing spinning machine by computerized knowledge based system
    Patent number: 4916625
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the operation of a multiposition spinning machine wherein filaments are extruded from a spinning pack at each position and advanced as a yarn bundle in a path, then split at a location into a plurality of threadlines to be forwarded to a plurality of windups to be wound on packages and scheduling events at predetermined times in the preparation of said packages with the aid of a digital computer, the method relies on a program with a knowledge database that includes the operative state of each position, the elapsed time since the initiation of each package, predetermined event times unique to the filaments being wound, the positional configuration of said machine, a hueristic rule base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott L. Davidson, Michael J. Piovoso, John J. Turner, Mark D. Wetzel