Patents by Inventor Thomas Lynn McKinley

Thomas Lynn McKinley 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).

  • Publication number: 20240326838
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for optimizing troubleshooting procedures for vehicles are disclosed herein. A system includes a processor and a memory storing executable instructions. The executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: obtain in-operation data of a vehicle, the in-operation data including a fault code indicative of a fault in the vehicle; identify a trained model from a plurality of trained models using the fault code; use the trained model and the in-operation data of the vehicle to generate a troubleshooting procedure for identifying a root cause of the fault; and provide the troubleshooting procedure as output to identify the root cause of the fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Anshaj Chadha, Fatiha Anouar, Thomas Lynn McKinley, Vikas Narang, Greesham Anand
  • Publication number: 20240176341
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that cause one or more processors to: receive electronic field performance analytics (eFPA) information related to a component of the vehicle; receive vehicle information including operating conditions and historical vehicle information of the vehicle; receive fleet information including fleet usage and fleet vehicle types of the fleet of vehicles; develop a prognostic model using a machine learning engine that receives the eFPA information, the vehicle information, and the fleet information; determine a failure probability using the prognostic model; compare the failure probability to a predetermined threshold; determine a remaining life of the component when the failure probability is equal to or greater than the threshold; and generate a report identifying the component and the remaining life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Lynn McKinley, Neha Kichambare, Zigmund W. Meluskey, Meghana Somwanshi, Hari Vedam, Devawrat S. Bhave, Archana Sahu, David C. Hall, Tanvi Rao, Mrunal Chaudhary