Patents by Inventor Le Roy G. Howe

Le Roy G. Howe 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).

  • Patent number: 10832354
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for calculating energy effectiveness in an industrial automation system. In one implementation, a computing system is directed to at least acquire production energy information indicating the amount of energy used by a machine during a processing period to process one or more parts and acquire process energy information indicating the sum of energy used by the machine during the processing period to process the one or more parts and to not process any parts. The computing system also acquires a total number of parts expected to be processed during the processing period and a total number of good parts processed during the processing period. An overall equipment energy effectiveness is calculated based on a ratio of the production energy information to the process energy information and based on a ratio of the total number of good parts to the total number of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Noel Henderson, David C. Mazur, Scott D. Day, Rob A. Entzminger, Le Roy G. Howe, Jeffrey Schmelebeck, Bruce K. Venne
  • Publication number: 20180150917
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for calculating energy effectiveness in an industrial automation system. In one implementation, a computing system is directed to at least acquire production energy information indicating the amount of energy used by a machine during a processing period to process one or more parts and acquire process energy information indicating the sum of energy used by the machine during the processing period to process the one or more parts and to not process any parts. The computing system also acquires a total number of parts expected to be processed during the processing period and a total number of good parts processed during the processing period. An overall equipment energy effectiveness is calculated based on a ratio of the production energy information to the process energy information and based on a ratio of the total number of good parts to the total number of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Noel Henderson, David C. Mazur, Scott D. Day, Rob A. Entzminger, Le Roy G. Howe, Jeffrey Schmelebeck, Bruce K. Venne