Patents by Inventor Cecil Charles Dishman

Cecil Charles Dishman 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).

  • Digital current share method for power supplies in parallel
    Patent number: 7518264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital current share apparatus and method for supplies in parallel wherein a digital current sharing is used to eliminate oscillations during current sharing by raising current in steps until the currents in power supplies in parallel are brought within a certain tolerance of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randhir Malik, Eino Alfred Lindfors, Cecil Charles Dishman
  • Method and system for handling production problems in an extended enterprise environment
    Patent number: 6804785
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a computer-based method and system for identifying and resolving manufacturing conflicts across an extended enterprise via a network environment. The system includes a manufacturing enterprise system comprising a host system operating a web server, an applications server, and a database manager; a data storage device in communication with the host system, and at least one terminal for accessing the host system. The manufacturing enterprise system runs on a network that is coupled to the Internet and is accessible to a supplier enterprise system identified with proper permissions. The applications server executes a set of programs for managing the manufacturing enterprise system, including the problem reporting and resolution application of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Steele, Cecil Charles Dishman, Robert M. Dunn, Kenneth A. Scea
  • Method and system for handling production problems in an extended enterprise environment
    Publication number: 20020184524
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a computer-based method and system for identifying and resolving manufacturing conflicts across an extended enterprise via a network environment. The system includes a manufacturing enterprise system comprising a host system operating a web server, an applications server, and a database manager; a data storage device in communication with the host system, and at least one terminal for accessing the host system. The manufacturing enterprise system runs on a network that is coupled to the Internet and is accessible to a supplier enterprise system identified with proper permissions. The applications server executes a set of programs for managing the manufacturing enterprise system, including the problem reporting and resolution application of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Steele, Cecil Charles Dishman, Robert M. Dunn, Kenneth A. Scea