Patents by Inventor Kevin C. Zalondek

Kevin C. Zalondek 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 apparatus for generation of multi-branched diagnostic trees
    Patent number: 5272704
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automated generation of multi-branched diagnostic trees is described. The present invention generally is practiced on model-based diagnostic systems and utilizes a candidate generator, constraint propagator and best measurement generator, along with a model of a system to be diagnosed, to generate nodes and branches of a diagnostic tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David W. Tong, Christopher H. Jolly, Kevin C. Zalondek
  • Composite range constraint propagation control
    Patent number: 5150367
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for constraint propagation control including determining whether more than one range is to be propagated through a selected component, propagating the one range if only one range is to be propagated, and propagated a composite range if more than one range is to be propagated and if the ranges are sufficiently identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David W. Tong, Kevin C. Zalondek, Christopher H. Jolly