Patents by Inventor Thomas Bett

Thomas Bett 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).

  • GENERATING A RELIABILITY ANALYSIS BY IDENTIFYING CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EVENTS IN AN EVENT-BASED MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20070220344
    Abstract: Analyzing an event chronology record to permit identification of periods of a production sequence that correspond to a high probability of failure. Systems and methods include receiving an event chronology for a particular machine in the production sequence and for a particular time interval. A reliability analysis system accesses process flow information to determine whether a particular event in the event chronology is related to a subsequent adverse event within a predefined event window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Bett, Tanakon Ungpiyakul, Walter Reade, Michelle Irwin, Jeremy Cannady, Babe Bedenbaugh
  • Tension control system for converting packages of elastic thread
    Publication number: 20070138331
    Abstract: A system and method for tension control in a thread feeding system that provides a fast and reliable method for feeding elastomeric thread or fiber from a package to a thread processing system. The system includes a driven elastomeric thread package holder. The thread feeding system also includes a variable-speed motor configured to drive the driven elastomeric thread package holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Bett, Thomas Ungpiyakul, Paul Weber
  • Method and apparatus for accumulating a web
    Publication number: 20070125820
    Abstract: A method of accumulating a web includes pivoting subsets of rolls to a generally vertical alignment; moving one set of rolls past the other; passing the web between the sets of rolls; moving one set of rolls past the other to engage the web; pivoting the subsets to a generally horizontal alignment; moving the web alternatively between the subsets; and moving the sets apart to accumulate the web and together to discharge the web. A web accumulator includes at least two sets of rolls. Each set of rolls has subsets of rolls. The subsets have two consecutive staggered rolls. The accumulator has a web path defined by alternating between subsets of the first set and subsets of the second set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Weber, Darin Engelhart, Thomas Bett, Thomas Ungpiyakul, Thomas Killian, Mark Beitz
  • Generating a reliability analysis by identifying causal relationships between events in an event-based manufacturing system
    Publication number: 20050278052
    Abstract: Analyzing an event chronology record to permit identification of periods of a production sequence that correspond to a high probability of failure. Systems and methods include receiving an event chronology for a particular machine in the production sequence and for a particular time interval. A reliability analysis system accesses process flow information to determine whether a particular event in the event chronology is related to a subsequent adverse event within a predefined event window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Bett, Tanakon Ungpiyakul, Walter Reade, Michelle Irwin, Jeremy Cannady, Babe Bedenbaugh