Patents by Inventor Kurt Hopf

Kurt Hopf 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).

  • Failure detection device for detecting an issue with a part of a machine
    Patent number: 10760995
    Abstract: A failure detection device is disclosed. The failure detection device may receive operations data related to operations of a set of parts of a machine. The failure detection device may process the operations data using a condition-based processing technique. The condition-based processing technique may be associated with mapping initial values of data elements of the operations data to binary values based on satisfaction of a first set of conditions by the initial values. The failure detection device may detect a presence of a possible issue with the operations of the set of parts based on a second set of conditions, associated with the binary values and the initial values, being satisfied during a time period. The failure detection device may perform, after detecting the presence of the possible issue, a set of actions related to addressing the possible issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Billing, Kurt Hopf, David J. Lin, Michael Campagna
  • FAILURE DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN ISSUE WITH A PART OF A MACHINE
    Publication number: 20200225118
    Abstract: A failure detection device is disclosed. The failure detection device may receive operations data related to operations of a set of parts of a machine. The failure detection device may process the operations data using a condition-based processing technique. The condition-based processing technique may be associated with mapping initial values of data elements of the operations data to binary values based on satisfaction of a first set of conditions by the initial values. The failure detection device may detect a presence of a possible issue with the operations of the set of parts based on a second set of conditions, associated with the binary values and the initial values, being satisfied during a time period. The failure detection device may perform, after detecting the presence of the possible issue, a set of actions related to addressing the possible issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Billing, Kurt Hopf, David J. Lin, Michael Campagna
  • Failure detection device for detecting an issue with a part of a machine
    Patent number: 10495544
    Abstract: A failure detection device is disclosed. The failure detection device may receive operations data related to operations of a set of parts of a machine. The failure detection device may process the operations data using a condition-based processing technique. The condition-based processing technique may be associated with mapping initial values of data elements of the operations data to binary values based on satisfaction of a first set of conditions by the initial values. The failure detection device may detect a presence of a possible issue with the operations of the set of parts based on a second set of conditions, associated with the binary values and the initial values, being satisfied during a time period. The failure detection device may perform, after detecting the presence of the possible issue, a set of actions related to addressing the possible issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Billing, Kurt Hopf, David J. Lin, Michael Campagna