Patents by Inventor William Billinger

William Billinger 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).

  • Glass production line having dynamic production control and a tempering furnace with a dedicated delivery device and a method of controlling a glass production line tempering furnace
    Patent number: 8244394
    Abstract: A glass production line comprising a cutting table, a tempering furnace having a loading station that includes a changeable set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations adjacent the loading station with each storage loading location receiving a work-piece therein for subsequent furnace processing, wherein a subset of the uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations is moved away from the loading station when it is emptied of furnace work-pieces and a new sub-set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations is moveable adjacent the loading station to provide the changeable set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations adjacent the loading station, and a dynamic optimizer coupled to the furnace for dynamically scheduling furnace layouts for glass work-pieces to be tempered, wherein the dynamic furnace optimizer is adapted to schedule work-pieces from uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations not currently adjacent the unloa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: HP3 Software Incorporated
    Inventors: Akos Nagy, Philip Plant, William Billinger
  • GLASS PRODUCTION LINE HAVING DYNAMIC PRODUCTION CONTROL AND A TEMPERING FURNACE WITH A DEDICATED DELIVERY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A GLASS PRODUCTION LINE TEMPERING FURNACE
    Publication number: 20100269544
    Abstract: A glass production line comprising a cutting table, a tempering furnace having a loading station that includes a changeable set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations adjacent the loading station with each storage loading location receiving a work-piece therein for subsequent furnace processing, wherein a subset of the uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations is moved away from the loading station when it is emptied of furnace work-pieces and a new sub-set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations is moveable adjacent the loading station to provide the changeable set of uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations adjacent the loading station, and a dynamic optimizer coupled to the furnace for dynamically scheduling furnace layouts for glass work-pieces to be tempered, wherein the dynamic furnace optimizer is adapted to schedule work-pieces from uniquely identifiable work-piece storage loading locations not currently adjacent the unloa
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: HP3 SOFTWARE, INC
    Inventors: Akos Nagy, Phillip Plant, William Billinger