The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2004
Jihua Wang, Unionville, CT (US);
Ravi Rajamani, West Hartford, CT (US);
Robert Tomastik, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Thomas Gannon, East Hampton, CT (US);
Jihua Wang, Unionville, CT (US);
Ravi Rajamani, West Hartford, CT (US);
Robert Tomastik, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Thomas Gannon, East Hampton, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for conducting a repairable inventory analysis calculates the minimum number of repairable parts to be held in inventory while still being able to satisfy the demand for spare parts even in view of uncertain repair lead times. The method uses a set of equations that relates a customer service level to arbitrary probability distribution functions of a repair lead-time and a part arrival process. The distributions are then searched to locate the optimal inventory level in the distribution.