Patents by Inventor Kevin M. Mowery

Kevin M. Mowery 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).

  • Integrated system monitoring use of materials, controlling and monitoring delivery of materials and providing automated billing of delivered materials
    Patent number: 5983198
    Abstract: The system and method include a fleet of vehicles to provide material to a plurality of tanks at various customer locations. An inventory indicator associated with each of the tanks provides a quantity signal to the central station indicating the quantity and temperature of each of the tanks. A processor at the central station monitors the quantity signals of each of the tanks to determine past usage rates of the contents of each of the tanks. The processor projects future tank quantities based on the past usage pattern and determines possible routes for each of the vehicles to each of the tanks. The processor optimizes the routes, delivery amounts, and delivery schedule to minimize total delivered cost for the products based on the projected future tank levels and the possible routes to dispatch each of the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Novus International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Mowery, John P. Bartley, Robert J. Hantak, Richard E. Etling, Joseph R. Read