Patents by Inventor Kenneth L Butler

Kenneth L Butler 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 of tracking automotive production
    Patent number: 7394371
    Abstract: A method of tracking automotive production in the manufacture of automotive vehicles (10) is provided. The method includes manufacturing a plurality of automotive vehicles along an assembly line (12). Each of the plurality of automotive vehicles having a build characteristic (13). The build characteristics varying among the plurality of automotive vehicles. The method includes installing a radio frequency transmitter within each of the plurality of automotive vehicles as they move along the assembly line (16). Each of the radio frequency transmitters generating a unique identifier signal (20). Associating each unique identifier signal with the build characteristics of one of the plurality of automotive vehicles (34). The method includes transferring the plurality of automotive vehicles to a plant storage lot as they exit the assembly line (14). The method includes receiving the unique identifier signals (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Anne C. Green, Lawrence C. Mallia, Kenneth L. Butler
  • Decorative watch
    Patent number: D443835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Inventor: Kenneth L Butler