Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Matthis

Thomas R. Matthis 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).

  • Process and system for multi-objective global optimization of maintenance schedules
    Patent number: 8396571
    Abstract: A process for optimizing maintenance work schedules for at least one engine includes the steps of retrieving at least one set of data for an engine from a computer readable storage medium; selecting at least one scheduling parameter for the engine; selecting a set of maintenance rules for the engine; selecting at least one maintenance work decision; selecting at least one objective for the engine; optimizing the at least one objective to generate at least one optimal maintenance work decision; and generating at least one optimal maintenance work schedule for the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Sorin Costiner, Howard A. Winston, Jihua Wang, Alexander I. Khibnik, Ravi Rajamani, Thomas R. Matthis, Ricardo A. Benitez, Julie A. Ireland, Ellen Cohen
  • Process and system for multi-objective global optimization of maintenance schedules
    Publication number: 20080234979
    Abstract: A process for optimizing maintenance work schedules for at least one engine includes the steps of retrieving at least one set of data for an engine from a computer readable storage medium; selecting at least one scheduling parameter for the engine; selecting a set of maintenance rules for the engine; selecting at least one maintenance work decision; selecting at least one objective for the engine; optimizing the at least one objective to generate at least one optimal maintenance work decision; and generating at least one optimal maintenance work schedule for the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Sorin Costiner, Howard A. Winston, Jihua Wang, Alexander I. Khibnik, Ravi Rajamani, Thomas R. Matthis, Ricardo A. Benitez, Julie A. Ireland, Robert M. Cohen, Ellen Cohen