Patents by Inventor Todd A. Cook

Todd A. Cook 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).

  • Patent number: 11726447
    Abstract: A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua B. Kidd, Marcus Shane Strangeway Orchard, Todd A. Cook
  • Patent number: 11442428
    Abstract: A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua B. Kidd, Marcus Shane Strangeway Orchard, Todd A. Cook
  • Publication number: 20210103874
    Abstract: A quality review system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes. Moreover, the quality review system collects metadata about the process plant for or after detecting an exception and stores the metadata along with an exception record for use by a reviewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua B. Kidd, Marcus Shane Strangeway Orchard, Todd A. Cook
  • Publication number: 20210081407
    Abstract: A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua B. Kidd, Marcus Shane Strangeway Orchard, Todd A. Cook
  • Publication number: 20210042679
    Abstract: A quality review system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes. Moreover, the quality review system collects metadata about the process plant for or after detecting an exception and stores the metadata along with an exception record for use by a reviewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua B. Kidd, Marcus Shane Strangeway Orchard, Todd A. Cook
  • Publication number: 20210034034
    Abstract: A quality review system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant to automatically detect, store and display predetermined conditions within the process effecting the quality of the product produced by the plant. The quality review system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more monitoring rules, a monitoring application that collects data from the process and that uses the monitoring rules during operation of the process to analyze the process data to detect one or more predetermined conditions within the process, and an external receiver that stores and/or uses the messages pertaining to the detected predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Todd A. Cook, Joshua B. Kidd, Marcus Shane Strangeway Orchard
  • Publication number: 20210019686
    Abstract: A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that uses plug-ins in various devices to collect process data and to analyze the process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua B. Kidd, Marcus Shane Strangeway Orchard, Todd A. Cook
  • Publication number: 20210019685
    Abstract: A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua B. Kidd, Marcus Shane Strangeway Orchard, Todd A. Cook
  • Patent number: 8778436
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing a serving of frozen confectionery product is characterized by a supply of liquid gas, a support for removably carrying a disposable container that holds a volume of unfrozen confectionery mix, and a holder for releasably holding a disposable agitator, such that the agitator extends into confectionery mix in the container. A valve controllably dispenses liquid gas into the confectionery mix in the container while relative motion is imparted to the container and agitator to agitate and admix the confectionery mix and liquid gas while the liquid gas mix evaporates to cool and freeze the confectionery mix, through a transfer of heat from the confectionery mix to the liquid gas and through the latent heat of evaporation of the liquid gas, to produce the frozen confectionery product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventors: David Waletzko, Daniel Celotta, Jonathan Paul Robelia, Micah Todd Cook, Rupa Kilaparti, Paul Joseph Henry, Daniel Theodore Noes, William K. Durfee
  • Publication number: 20110064858
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing a serving of frozen confectionery product is characterized by a supply of liquid gas, a support for removably carrying a disposable container that holds a volume of unfrozen confectionery mix, and a holder for releasably holding a disposable agitator, such that the agitator extends into confectionery mix in the container. A valve controllably dispenses liquid gas into the confectionery mix in the container while relative motion is imparted to the container and agitator to agitate and admix the confectionery mix and liquid gas while the liquid gas mix evaporates to cool and freeze the confectionery mix, through a transfer of heat from the confectionery mix to the liquid gas and through the latent heat of evaporation of the liquid gas, to produce the frozen confectionery product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: David Waletzko, Daniel Celotta, Jonathan Paul Robelia, Micah Todd Cook, Rupa Kilaparti, Paul Joseph Henry, Daniel Theodore Noes, William K. Durfee
  • Patent number: 7790278
    Abstract: The present invention provides for twisted and rectangular dice forms of sheeted fibrous materials and a process for making the dice forms. Specifically, the invention teaches the use of dice forms and sheet materials in construction and cementitious materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Buckeye Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Irvin Bell, Jeffery Todd Cook, Judson Fidler, Gerald Hunt Morton, Howard Leon Schoggen
  • Patent number: 7754266
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing a serving of frozen confectionery product is characterized by a supply of liquid gas, a support for removably carrying a disposable container that holds a volume of unfrozen confectionery mix, and a holder for releasably holding a disposable agitator, such that the agitator extends into confectionery mix in the container. A valve controllably dispenses liquid gas into the confectionery mix in the container while relative motion is imparted to the container and agitator to agitate and admix the confectionery mix and liquid gas while the liquid gas mix evaporates to cool and freeze the confectionery mix, through a transfer of heat from the confectionery mix to the liquid gas and through the latent heat of evaporation of the liquid gas, to produce the frozen confectionery product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Frigid Fresh Ice Cream, Inc
    Inventors: David Waletzko, Daniel Celotta, Jonathan Paul Robelia, Micah Todd Cook, Rupa Kilaparti, Paul Joseph Henry, Daniel Theodore Noes, William K. Durfee
  • Patent number: 7357833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced cement based or cementitious material, and process for making, where the reinforcing fiber is a chemically treated cellulose or non-cellulose fiber. The fiber reinforced cementitious material includes (i) cement, (ii) optionally, sand, aggregate, or sand and aggregate, and (iii) chemically treated fibers having a polyvalent cation content of from about 0.1 weight percent to about 5.0 weight percent based on the dry weight of the treated fibers. The present invention further provides for a fiber reinforced cementitious material having a weak acid content of from about 0.5 weight percent to about 10 weight percent based on the dry weight of the treated fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: BKI Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery Todd Cook, Howard Leon Schoggen, Robert Irvin Bell, David Jay Smith, Gerald Hunt Morton
  • Publication number: 20060248686
    Abstract: A swivel connector has the form of a split ring that enables a carrying element such as a sling or strap to be connected to a mounting device such as a sling swivel stud of a firearm. The swivel connector can be constructed of a single continuous piece of elastic material and can have a geometry that reduces rotation of the swivel connector about the mounting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventor: Todd Cook
  • Patent number: 6986209
    Abstract: A method and device for allowing accurate sequential hole drilling locations in multiple floor and ceiling joists that includes a means for marking multiple holes without the need to measure, level and mark each individual joist or to run plumb lines. In one embodiment, the laser sighting device of the present invention includes a main body housing, a centering cone, an extension tube, and an adjustable center or bracket. A laser unit is positioned within the device and emits a laser from one end of the centering cone. A level allows accurate adjustment of pitch and yaw angles for a positioned orientation of the laser sighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Inventor: Todd Cook
  • Patent number: 6958431
    Abstract: Disclosed are absorbent structures for use in disposable absorbent products for absorbing bodily fluids, wherein the absorbent structure includes a fluid storage layer including matrix fibers and a superabsorbent polymer for receiving fluids and a distribution strip positioned below the fluid storage layer. The distribution strip includes cellulosic fibers and has a basis weight of between 45 grams per square meter and 140 grams per square meter and a density of between 0.20 grams per cubic centimeter and 0.60 grams per cubic centimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: BKI Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Sonja Fields, Howard Leon Schoggen, Jeffery Todd Cook, Judson Fidler
  • Patent number: 6942726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced cement based or cementitious material, and process for making, where the reinforcing fiber is a chemically treated cellulose or non-cellulose fiber. The fiber reinforced cementitious material includes (i) cement, (ii) optionally, sand, aggregate, or sand and aggregate, and (iii) chemically treated fibers having a polyvalent cation content of from about 0.1 weight percent to about 5.0 weight percent based on the dry weight of the treated fibers. The present invention further provides for a fiber reinforced cementitious material having a weak acid content of from about 0.5 weight percent to about 10 weight percent based on the dry weight of the treated fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: BKI Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery Todd Cook, Howard Leon Schoggen, Robert Irvin Bell, David Jay Smith, Gerald Hunt Morton
  • Publication number: 20050060901
    Abstract: A method and device for allowing accurate sequential hole drilling locations in multiple floor and ceiling joists that includes a means for marking multiple holes without the need to measure, level and mark each individual joist or to run plumb lines. In one embodiment, the laser sighting device of the present invention includes a main body housing, a centering cone, an extension tube, and an adjustable center or bracket. A laser unit is positioned within the device and emits a laser from one end of the centering cone. A level allows accurate adjustment of pitch and yaw angles for a positioned orientation of the laser sighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Todd Cook
  • Publication number: 20040065233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced cement based or cementitious material, and process for making, where the reinforcing fiber is a chemically treated cellulose or non-cellulose fiber. The fiber reinforced cementitious material includes (i) cement, (ii) optionally, sand, aggregate, or sand and aggregate, and (iii) chemically treated fibers having a polyvalent cation content of from about 0.1 weight percent to about 5.0 weight percent based on the dry weight of the treated fibers. The present invention further provides for a fiber reinforced cementitious material having a weak acid content of from about 0.5 weight percent to about 10 weight percent based on the dry weight of the treated fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffery Todd Cook, Howard Leon Schoggen, Robert Irvin Bell, David Jay Smith, Gerald Hunt Morton
  • Publication number: 20040006322
    Abstract: Disclosed are absorbent structures for use in disposable absorbent products for absorbing bodily fluids, wherein the absorbent structure includes a fluid storage layer including matrix fibers and a superabsorbent polymer for receiving fluids and a distribution strip positioned below said fluid storage layer. The distribution strip includes cellulosic fibers and has a basis weight of between 45 grams per square meter and 140 grams per square meter and a density of between 0.20 grams per cubic centimeter and 0.60 grams per cubic centimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Sonja Fields, Howard Leon Schoggen, Jeffery Todd Cook, Judson Fidler