Patents by Inventor Alvin D. Strong

Alvin D. Strong 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).

  • PROVIDING DIRECTIVE REPLACEMENT OF HFSI PARTS BASED ON SPECIFIC MACHINE PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20090119066
    Abstract: Embodiments herein maintain an unscheduled maintenance rate of a first apparatus, of a group of apparatuses, based on a history of unscheduled maintenance service calls performed on the first apparatus. Other apparatuses in the group of apparatuses have different unscheduled maintenance rates when compared to the unscheduled maintenance rate of the first apparatus. The method/system herein replaces fully used components of the first apparatus that exceed a predetermined full service life, based on usage meters of the components and replaces partially used components of the first apparatus that do not exceed the full service life, based on the usage meters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Alvin D. Strong, Susan Layer