Patents by Inventor Kenneth P. Grimshaw

Kenneth P. Grimshaw 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).

  • Adaptive control of a dynamic system or process
    Patent number: 4479176
    Abstract: An adaptive control for a dynamic system or process which can be described mathematically as having dominant eigen values and which utilizes the phase response variation with frequency and more precisely uses the rate of change of phase with frequency to measure dynamic characteristics of the system or process and by comparison with known optimum values of rates of change of phase based on a criterion as herein defined determines the changes required to controlled parameters or to a controlling computer in order to achieve and maintain optimum or near optimum performance of the dynamic system or process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: Metalogic Control Limited
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Grimshaw