Patents by Inventor Donald James Ziebarth

Donald James Ziebarth 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 apparatus for estimating the service life of a battery
    Patent number: 6271647
    Abstract: A computer program is provided. The computer program product includes a medium readable by a computer, the medium (1) having means for inputting a signal representative of a temperature range in which a temperature of an operating environment of a battery resides; and (2) means for estimating a service life of the battery based on the signal. Other means are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Edward Galbraith, Jessica Marie Gisi, Steven Paul Norgaard, Dennis David Reetz, Donald James Ziebarth
  • COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ESTIMATING THE SERVICE LIFE OF A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20010001532
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for estimating the service life of a battery. The apparatus includes a temperature measurement circuit that measures a temperature of an operating environment of the battery and outputs a signal representative of the temperature of the operating environment. A controller coupled to the temperature measurement circuit receives the temperature signal therefrom and estimates the service life of the battery based on the temperature signal. Preferably, the temperature measurement circuit outputs a signal representative of a temperature range in which the measured operating environment temperature resides and the controller estimates the service life of the battery based on the temperature range signal output by the temperature measurement circuit. A method and a computer program product also are provided for similarly estimating the service life of a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Inventors: Robert Edward Galbraith, Jessica Marie Gisi, Steven Paul Norgaard, Dennis David Reetz, Donald James Ziebarth
  • Method and apparatus for estimating the service life of a battery
    Patent number: 6191556
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for estimating the service life of a battery. The apparatus includes a temperature measurement circuit that measures a temperature of an operating environment of the battery and outputs a signal representative of the temperature of the operating environment. A controller coupled to the temperature measurement circuit receives the temperature signal therefrom and estimates the service life of the battery based on the temperature signal. Preferably, the temperature measurement circuit outputs a signal representative of a temperature range in which the measured operating environment temperature resides and the controller estimates the service life of the battery based on the temperature range signal output by the temperature measurement circuit. A method and a computer program product also are provided for similarly estimating the service life of a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Edward Galbraith, Jessica Marie Gisi, Steven Paul Norgaard, Dennis David Reetz, Donald James Ziebarth