Patents by Inventor Michael T. Swayne

Michael T. Swayne 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).

  • Methods and systems for prioritizing replacement of at least one part for vehicle fault analysis
    Patent number: 9740554
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for prioritizing a plurality of maintenance corrective actions in a troubleshooting chart for a device are provided. The method includes receiving, by a processor, an input from a user indicative of a successful corrective action from the plurality of corrective actions on the troubleshooting chart and incrementing a value of a counter associated with the successful corrective action. The processor then compares values for counters associated with each of the plurality of corrective actions and displays the plurality of corrective actions in hierarchal order based on the values of the counters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael T. Swayne, Samantha Schwartz, Matthew B. Hendrian, Lukasz Domaradzki, Nima Barraci
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRIORITIZING REPLACEMENT OF AT LEAST ONE PART FOR VEHICLE FAULT ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20160364285
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for prioritizing a plurality of maintenance corrective actions in a troubleshooting chart for a device are provided. The method includes receiving, by a processor, an input from a user indicative of a successful corrective action from the plurality of corrective actions on the troubleshooting chart and incrementing a value of a counter associated with the successful corrective action. The processor then compares values for counters associated with each of the plurality of corrective actions and displays the plurality of corrective actions in hierarchal order based on the values of the counters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Michael T. Swayne, Samantha Schwartz, Matthew B. Hendrian, Lukasz Domaradzki, Nima Barraci