Patents by Inventor Kathleen M. Vash

Kathleen M. Vash 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).

  • Method and system for graphically identifying replacement parts for generally complex equipment
    Patent number: 7266515
    Abstract: Computerized method and system for graphically identifying replacement parts for selected equipment and a selected system thereof is provided. The method allows to provide a database comprising detailed parts data about the replacement parts for each assembly of the selected equipment, with the detailed data identifying each part in a selected assembly by providing a series of linked schematic representations of the selected assembly and any subassemblies thereof and respective parts. The method further allows to provide a respective identifier for uniquely identifying the selected equipment. An input/output device for communicating with the database is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Brady Costello, Christine Wilson, Clifford E. Smathers, Ashish Puri, Brian Lee Badger, Raymond Paul Stempka, Kathleen M. Vash, Jeffery M. Smith, Michael Allan Lubak
  • Locomotive wreck repair
    Publication number: 20020035417
    Abstract: A system (100) and method for expediting the repair of a locomotive (102) having sustained damage (104) as a result of a collision. A library of as-built parts information (114) is manipulated to define a plurality of repair kits (110) each containing all of the parts necessary to repair the damage expected from a predefined collision event. A particular repair kit may be selected by a user in response to an actual collision to obtain a listing of the parts (308), a cost estimate (318) and a delivery forecast (320). All of the necessary parts may then be ordered as a unit and delivered to a repair location (106) in a single shipment, thereby minimizing the chance of missing or misplaced parts. The system may be accessed via an information network, and the selection of specific repair kit may be facilitated by the use of a graphical user interface to point-and-click on the damaged regions of the locomotive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Brian Lee Badger, Raymond Paul Stempka, Jeffery M. Smith, Michael Allan Lubak, Kathleen M. Vash
  • Method and system for graphically identifying replacement parts for generally complex equipment
    Publication number: 20020007225
    Abstract: Computerized method and system for graphically identifying replacement parts for selected equipment and a selected system thereof is provided. The method allows to provide a database comprising detailed parts data about the replacement parts for each assembly of the selected equipment, with the detailed data identifying each part in a selected assembly by providing a series of linked schematic representations of the selected assembly and any subassemblies thereof and respective parts. The method further allows to provide a respective identifier for uniquely identifying the selected equipment. An input/output device for communicating with the database is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: James Costello, Clifford E. Smathers, Christine Wilson, Ashish Puri, Brian Lee Barker, Raymond Stempka, Kathleen M. Vash, Jeffrey M. Smith, Michael A. Lubak