Patents by Inventor Sheryl Annette Ihde

Sheryl Annette Ihde 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).

  • Quality management by validating a bill of materials in event-based product manufacturing
    Patent number: 8799113
    Abstract: Providing quality management by validating a bill of materials in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system and method for validating materials during manufacture of a product. Also disclosed are a method of validating that acceptable materials are being used on a machine during manufacture of a product, and one or more computer-readable media for storing a data structure representing a product specification in an event-based manufacturing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Binforma Group Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Amy Hancock Boyd, Gary Lee Goggans, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jolene Marie Meissner, Jamie Scott Mork, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Scott Jeffrey Park, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, John L. Reynders, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing
    Patent number: 7882438
    Abstract: Providing quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with a material. Also disclosed are a method of collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, a method of capturing and storing material history, a method of automating tracking of positions of components used in a process and correlating portions of a component with production problems, an improved inventory management system, and a method of tracking and recording actions of specific operators of a process performed by a machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Michael T. Price, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Feed-forward control in event-based manufacturing systems
    Patent number: 7401728
    Abstract: Communication between machines in an event-based manufacturing system. In an event-based manufacturing system, material-specific data obtained for a material produced during a first manufacturing operation is used to govern a second manufacturing operation to decrease the likelihood of at least a delay event, a waste event, or poor quality of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing
    Patent number: 7035877
    Abstract: Providing quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with a material. Also disclosed are a method of collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, a method of capturing and storing material history, a method of automating tracking of positions of components used in a process and correlating portions of a component with production problems, an improved inventory management system, and a method of tracking and recording actions of specific operators of a process performed by a machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Michael T. Price, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing
    Patent number: 7032816
    Abstract: Providing communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for communicating data relating to a material between machines during a process for feed-forward control. Also disclosed are an intelligent event-based manufacturing system including a process for converting a raw material to a product and a method of reducing the probability of waste, delay, or a quality defect in a process having process conditions for the manufacture of a product from a sequentially trackable raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing
    Publication number: 20030158795
    Abstract: Providing quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with a material. Also disclosed are a method of collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, a method of capturing and storing material history, a method of automating tracking of positions of components used in a process and correlating portions of a component with production problems, an improved inventory management system, and a method of tracking and recording actions of specific operators of a process performed by a machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Michael T. Price, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing
    Publication number: 20030155415
    Abstract: Providing communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for communicating data relating to a material between machines during a process for feed-forward control. Also disclosed are an intelligent event-based manufacturing system including a process for converting a raw material to a product and a method of reducing the probability of waste, delay, or a quality defect in a process having process conditions for the manufacture of a product from a sequentially trackable raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reads, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
  • Quality management by validating a bill of materials in event-based product manufacturing
    Publication number: 20030150909
    Abstract: Providing quality management by validating a bill of materials in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system and method for validating materials during manufacture of a product. Also disclosed are a method of validating that acceptable materials are being used on a machine during manufacture of a product, and one or more computer-readable media for storing a data structure representing a product specification in an event-based manufacturing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Amy Hancock Boyd, Gary Lee Goggans, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jolene Marie Meissner, Jamie Scott Mork, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Scott Jeffrey Park, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, John L. Reynders, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten