Patents by Inventor Joseph V. Stehle

Joseph V. Stehle 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).

  • Method and system for determining an economically optimal dismantling of machines
    Patent number: 7251611
    Abstract: An economic supply optimization system is provided whereby an optimal machine dismantling configuration of a machine supply is determined to meet a parts demand at a lowest cost. The parts supply is calculated and it is determined what portions of the demand cannot be met from the machine supply and what portions of the demand it is not economically justifiable to meet from the machine supply. A parts supply is then determined from the machine supply. The remaining parts demand is matched to the parts supply to create a list of parts covered by the parts supply and a list of parts not covered by the parts supply, if there are any. The optimal dismantling configuration of the machine supply is calculated for the covered parts list and an optimal harvesting configuration is calculated for the not-covered parts list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Abbott, William E. Dickey, William F. Holden, Jr., Larry M. Leibovich, Joseph V. Stehle, Ronald A. Warfel, Yung-Joon Lee, Kevin P. O'Connor, Pitipong Veerakamolmal
  • Economic supply optimization system
    Publication number: 20040236641
    Abstract: An economic supply optimization system is provided whereby an optimal machine dismantling configuration of a machine supply is determined to meet a parts demand at a lowest cost. The parts supply is calculated and it is determined what portions of the demand cannot be met from the machine supply and what portions of the demand it is not economically justifiable to meet from the machine supply. A parts supply is then determined from the machine supply. The remaining parts demand is matched to the parts supply to create a list of parts covered by the parts supply and a list of parts not covered by the parts supply, if there are any. The optimal dismantling configuration of the machine supply is calculated for the covered parts list and an optimal harvesting configuration is calculated for the not-covered parts list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen L. Abbott, William E. Dickey, William F. Holden, Larry M. Leibovich, Joseph V. Stehle, Ronald A. Warfel, Yung Joon Lee, Kevin P. O'Connor, Pitipong Veerakamolmal