Patents by Inventor Michael Boraas

Michael Boraas 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).

  • Patent number: 7540509
    Abstract: A caster assembly with a horizontally orientated arm is attached to a base plate of a rack during a travel state and a stored state. A leveling foot with a flat portion and a non-flat portion is inserted through a slot on the arm and a hole on the base plate such that during the travel state, the horizontal orientated arm is in a fully extended position, and during the stored state, the horizontal orientated arm is in a non-extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Boraas, Aaron Hegrenes, Nathan Karl, David Lund
  • Patent number: 7478819
    Abstract: A novel caster assembly with a horizontally orientated arm is attached to a base plate of a rack during a travel state and a stored state. A leveling foot with a flat portion and a non-flat portion is inserted through a slot on the arm and a hole on the base plate such that during the travel state, the horizontal orientated arm is in a fully extended position, and during the stored state, the horizontal orientated arm is in a non- extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Boraas, Aaron Hegrenes, Nathan Karl, David Lund
  • Publication number: 20070203716
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing part performance management services is provided. The method includes gathering service data for products. The serviced components of the products are identified in the service data by replacement component part numbers. The method also includes mapping the service data to manufacturing data for products of manufacture by matching at least one data element common to both of the service data and the manufacturing data. The components of the products of manufacture are identified in the manufacturing data by production part numbers. The method further includes identifying which of the products of manufacture have been serviced based upon results of the mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Bolch, Michael Boraas, Biao Cai, Ghassan Chidiac, Andrew Dubois, Donald Gorman, Eric Lambert, John Maresca, Kenneth Scea, Joseph Torella, Matthew Zemke, Paul Zulpa
  • Publication number: 20070061186
    Abstract: A data processing system for analyzing rejection rejections in a manufacturing process having more than one level of manufacture stores test results from an nth-level test for review by an OEM and, subject to consent of the nth level vendor, for review by a vendor on a lower level. The data for rejection analysis is linked to data in a manufacturing floor control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Boraas, Biao Cai, Jeffrey Komatsu, John Maresca