Patents by Inventor Kent V. Allen

Kent V. Allen 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 controlling production processes and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 4330828
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling production processes utilizing a three-state, four-mode process controller which operates on the basis of counteracting any process change by utilizing the difference between a feedback signal related to a current condition of the process and a desired value related to the desired condition of the process, and a signal related to the rate of change between said feedback signal and said desired value signal, to produce a correction signal which is utilized to operate said three-state, four-mode process controller in its three states depending on certain relationships between the value of the desired value and feedback signals, as well as the summation of those values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: Scans Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Smith, Kent V. Allen