Patents by Inventor Theodore Coon

Theodore Coon 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).

  • Weldability prediction and recommendation systems and methods
    Patent number: 8706282
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a weldability of a stack-up for use in vehicle part production may be determined. The determination may include receiving general stack-up information, welding standards data for forming a stack-up, and one or more inputs defining one or more stack-up design variables. Additionally, standardized stack-up information may be generated based on the general stack-up information, the one or more design variables, and the welding standards data. Furthermore, historical welding data may be received for predicting a weldability of the stack-up. Predictive logic may be applied to the standardized stack-up information based on the historical welding data to obtain one or more weldability predictions for the stack-up. The one or more weldability predictions may be transmitted for use in vehicle part production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raja Shekar Sohmshetty, Theodore Coon, Saravanan Subramanian, Zhiyong Cedric Xia
  • WELDABILITY PREDICTION AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20110172796
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a weldability of a stack-up for use in vehicle part production may be determined. The determination may include receiving general stack-up information, welding standards data for forming a stack-up, and one or more inputs defining one or more stack-up design variables. Additionally, standardized stack-up information may be generated based on the general stack-up information, the one or more design variables, and the welding standards data. Furthermore, historical welding data may be received for predicting a weldability of the stack-up. Predictive logic may be applied to the standardized stack-up information based on the historical welding data to obtain one or more weldability predictions for the stack-up. The one or more weldability predictions may be transmitted for use in vehicle part production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Raja Shekar Sohmshetty, Theodore Coon, Saravanan Subramanian, Zhiyong Cedric Xia