Patents by Inventor Lee Alford

Lee Alford 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: 8248215
    Abstract: A dynamic condition monitoring system is disclosed, such as for monitoring vibrations in complex machine systems. The system includes monitors on which server software is provided. The server software may access pre-defined graphical user interface pages that can be populated and served directly from the monitors. The data may be accessed via conventional networks for viewing and analyzing monitored data, as well as for configuration of the individual dynamic condition monitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Bibelhausen, Thomas Lee Alford, George F. Hofer
  • Publication number: 20120142534
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of improving the cultivation of rice in a paddy comprising adding a granular composition to the water in said paddy, wherein said granular composition comprises one or more cyclopropene compound encapsulated in a molecular encapsulation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Linden Dahmer, Jason Lee Alford
  • Patent number: 8069127
    Abstract: A method and system for solving an optimization problem comprising a plurality of dynamic constraints. A genetic algorithm is used to iteratively generate potential solutions to the problem. A constraint graph is used to model the plurality of dynamic constraints, and any potential solution that does not correspond to a connected subgraph of the constraint graph is infeasible and discarded. Real-time changes in dynamic constraints are incorporated by modification of the constraint graph between iterations of the genetic algorithm. An exemplary embodiment comprising the scheduling of air missions is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: 21 CT, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Taylor, Lee Alford
  • Publication number: 20110193715
    Abstract: A dynamic condition monitoring system is disclosed, such as for monitoring vibrations in complex machine systems. The system includes monitors on which server software is provided. The server software may access pre-defined graphical user interface pages that can be populated and served directly from the monitors. The data may be accessed via conventional networks for viewing and analyzing monitored data, as well as for configuration of the individual dynamic condition monitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Bibelhausen, Thomas Lee Alford, George F. Hofer
  • Patent number: 7928833
    Abstract: A dynamic condition monitoring system is disclosed, such as for monitoring vibrations in complex machine systems. The system includes monitors on which server software is provided. The server software may access pre-defined graphical user interface pages that can be populated and served directly from the monitors. The data may be accessed via conventional networks for viewing and analyzing monitored data, as well as for configuration of the individual dynamic condition monitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Bibelhausen, Thomas Lee Alford, George F. Hofer
  • Publication number: 20080270331
    Abstract: A method and system for solving an optimization problem comprising a plurality of dynamic constraints. A genetic algorithm is used to iteratively generate potential solutions to the problem. A constraint graph is used to model the plurality of dynamic constraints, and any potential solution that does not correspond to a connected subgraph of the constraint graph is infeasible and discarded. Real-time changes in dynamic constraints are incorporated by modification of the constraint graph between iterations of the genetic algorithm. An exemplary embodiment comprising the scheduling of air missions is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Darrin Taylor, Lee Alford
  • Publication number: 20080079598
    Abstract: A dynamic condition monitoring system is disclosed, such as for monitoring vibrations in complex machine systems. The system includes monitors on which server software is provided. The server software may access pre-defined graphical user interface pages that can be populated and served directly from the monitors. The data may be accessed via conventional networks for viewing and analyzing monitored data, as well as for configuration of the individual dynamic condition monitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: David J. Bibelhausen, Thomas Lee Alford, George F. Hofer