Patents by Inventor William Richard Fravel

William Richard Fravel 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).

  • Multi-feature product inventory management and allocation system and method
    Patent number: 8428985
    Abstract: A data store includes, for a dealer of interest, a target inventory mix rate for an item having a feature. A computing device is configured to perform an optimization to obtain a recommended feature allocation of the item including the feature by minimizing a difference between a projected inventory mix rate for the feature and the target inventory mix rate for the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Gintaras Vincent Puskorius, Bryan Roger Goodman, Robbie J. Aniol, William Richard Fravel, Yu-Ning Liu, Melinda Kaye Hunsaker, Shigeru Sadakane