Patents by Inventor Thomas Maness

Thomas Maness 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).

  • Method for monitoring wood-drying kiln state
    Publication number: 20050115307
    Abstract: The method utilizes a known good set of moisture content data for wood dried in a kiln under set conditions to estimate parameters for a Lognormal distribution which approximates the moisture content data for those conditions. The method creates control charts which monitor some of these parameters. The method also takes data from subsequent kiln charges and transforms it to be represented on the control charts. The method uses this representation to determine if the kiln is operating under out-of-control conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Catalin Ristea, James Felsheim, Thomas Maness