Patents by Inventor Gene Edward Wiggs

Gene Edward Wiggs 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: 7343352
    Abstract: A method, system, and software for assessing the cost tradeoffs associated with performing inspection includes determining measurement variations and product characteristic variations to define an inspection plane. The inspection plane is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to respective different outcomes resulting from an inspection process. The probability of each outcome is determined based on a probability mass in each region of the inspection plane, wherein the probability mass is based on a joint probability density of the measurement and product characteristic variations. Costs are associated to various outcomes based on the inspection process, and overall costs of the inspection process are computed by using the associated costs and the determined probability of each outcome based on the regions of the inspection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lowell Wilson Bauer, Gene Edward Wiggs
  • Publication number: 20040088265
    Abstract: A method, system, and software for assessing the cost tradeoffs associated with performing inspection includes determining measurement variations and product characteristic variations to define an inspection plane. The inspection plane is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to respective different outcomes resulting from an inspection process. The probability of each outcome is determined based on a probability mass in each region of the inspection plane, wherein the probability mass is based on a joint probability density of the measurement and product characteristic variations. Costs are associated to various outcomes based on the inspection process, and overall costs of the inspection process are computed by using the associated costs and the determined probability of each outcome based on the regions of the inspection plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lowell Wilson Bauer, Gene Edward Wiggs
  • Patent number: 6691127
    Abstract: In a system and method for saving and retrieving process capability and guidance information related to supporting product design and manufacturing activities, specific capability and guidance information related to sets of standardized product attributes are collected and stored as a plurality of records in a database. A user may then access the database through a suitable computer program interface and design a product using any combination of standardized attributes. Upon each attribute selection, the system queries the database and retrieves the process capability and guidance information associated with the received set of attributes. This information is then displayed to the user to assist in product design and manufacturing activities. Users may also group information retrieved relating to various sets of attributes and generate composite checklists including ranked listings of relevant guidance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lowell Wilson Bauer, Marc Thomas Edgar, Gene Edward Wiggs, Thomas Randolph Campbell