Patents by Inventor Ralph D. Billington

Ralph D. Billington 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).

  • Predictive maintenance system
    Patent number: 5963884
    Abstract: A predictive maintenance system for a plurality of machines is disclosed. The system includes vibration sensors connected to the machines and a plurality of data acquisition nodes, each node connected to one or more of the vibration sensors. Each node acquires vibration data from the sensors connected thereto during a respective data acquisition interval. A system control computer collects vibration data acquired by the nodes during a polling cycle which is based on the longest of the respective data acquisition cycles of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Machine Xpert, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph D. Billington, Daren L. Martin